Privacy & Cookies Policy
This Privacy and Cookies Policy sets out how Marcus Clackson Photography uses and protects any information that you give Marcus Clackson Photography when you use this website. Marcus Clackson Photography is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Marcus Clackson Photography may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 01/01/23. We currently do not hold any personal details.
Cookies Policy
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.
Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Privacy Policy
General
This Privacy Policy sets out how we, Marcus Clackson Photography, obtain, store and use your personal information when you use or interact with our website, marcusclackson.co.uk This Privacy Policy is effective from 01/01/23.
The information that we collect and where we get it from
We collect or obtain your information:
• when you provide it to us (e.g. by contacting us);
• from your use of our website via cookies (such as the type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider) We do not collect personally identifiable information about you unless you choose to fill out a form, found on many of the pages of the site or to email us directly. The personal information that we process includes:
• basic information, such as your name (including name prefix or title)
• contact information, such as your postal address, email address and phone number.
• Any other information relating to you which you may provide to us. We do automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit our site – such as the type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider.
How we use the information we collect
We use non-personally identifiable information to analyse site usage (such as aggregated information on the pages visited by our users), which allows us to improve the design and content of our site. We may do the following with your personal information:
• to respond to your inquiry or form you have completed on various sections of our Website;
• use it for our legitimate business interests, such as undertaking business research and analysis, managing the operation of our websites and our business.
Grounds for using your personal information
We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal information, namely:
• Consent– we may (but usually do not) need your consent to use your personal information. You can withdraw your consent by contacting us (see below). • Performance of a contract– we may need to collect and use your personal information to enter into a contract with you or to perform our obligations under a contract with you.
• Legitimate interest– we may use your personal information for our legitimate interests, some examples of which are given above.
• Compliance with law or regulation– we may use your personal information as necessary to comply with applicable law/regulation.
How we share information with third parties
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your personal information with third parties, only to the extent necessary to run our business, provide a service to you, comply with the law, enforce our legal rights or because you have provided consent. This may include the following.
• Third-party agents/suppliers or contractors, in connection with the processing of your personal information for the purposes described in this Policy. This may include, but is not limited to, website hosting, IT and communications service providers.
• Third parties relevant to the services that we provide.
• To the extent required by law, regulation or court order, for example, if we are under a duty to disclose your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligation.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website. In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third-party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.
Website forms
Any forms which are available on our website are bound by the EU General Data Protection Regulations. When you fill out a form, the data that you submit will be sent to us. The data that you submit via the form will not be stored within this website’s own database or in any of our internal computer systems.
Transferring your information outside of Europe
We will not transfer your personal information outside of the European Economic Area.
16 or Under
We protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.
Keeping your information and information security
How long we hold your personal information for will vary and will depend principally on:
• the purpose for which we are using your personal information – we will need to keep the information for as long as is necessary for the relevant purpose.
• legal obligations – laws or regulation may set a minimum period for which we have to keep your personal information. We will ensure that the personal information that we hold is subject to appropriate security measures.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user’s hard drive containing information about the user. The information below explains the cookies we use on our website and why we use them:
• Google Analytics cookies: we use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, including details of the site where the visitor has come from and the total number of times a visitor has been to our website. We use the information to improve our website and enhance the experience of its visitors. You can enable or disable cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. You can find out how to do this, and find more information on cookies, at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Your choices and rights
You have a number of legal rights in relation to the personal information that we hold about you and you can exercise your rights by contacting us using the details set out below. These rights include:
• Obtaining information regarding the processing of your personal information and access to the personal information which we hold about you.
• Requesting that we correct your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Requesting that we erase your personal information in certain circumstances. Please note that there may be circumstances where you ask us to erase your personal information, but we are legally entitled to retain it.
• Objecting to, and requesting that we restrict, our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• In some circumstances, receiving some personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or requesting that we transmit that information to a third party where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to the personal information which you have provided to us.
• Withdrawing your consent, although in certain circumstances it may be lawful for us to continue processing without your consent if we have another legitimate reason (other than consent) for doing so.
• Lodging a complaint with the relevant data protection authority, if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us. We can, on request, tell you which data protection authority is relevant to the processing of your personal information.
Changes to our privacy policy
This privacy policy may change from time to time in line with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our clients or website users of these changes. Instead, we recommend that you check this page occasionally for any policy changes.
How to contact us and other important information
If you would like further information on the collection, use, disclosure, transfer or processing of your personal information or the exercise of any of the rights listed above, please contact us. You can do this by emailing us at: marcus@marcusclackson.co.uk