PhotoModeAwards.com (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy statement.
This privacy statement explains our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our website www.photomodeawards.com (the “Website”).
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this privacy statement. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you should not use the Website.
DEFINITIONS
Service: Service is the https://www.photomodeawards.com website
Personal Data: Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
Usage Data: Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Cookies: Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device)
Data Subject (or User): Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.
USAGE DATA
We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
TRACKING & COOKIES DATA
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
EXAMPLE OF COOKIES WE USE:
Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect minimal personal information from participants in our photography competition for the sole purpose of administering and organizing the competition effectively. The information we collect may include:
Name
Email address
Photograph(s) submitted for the competition
Any additional information voluntarily provided by participants
We do not collect sensitive personal information such as race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, or political affiliations.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information collected from participants solely for the following purposes:
To verify participant eligibility for the competition.
To communicate with participants regarding their submissions, competition updates, and winner announcements.
To administer and judge the competition fairly and effectively.
To address any inquiries, concerns, or feedback submitted by participants.
SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analysing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We do not disclose or share participant information with third parties unless required by law or with explicit consent from the participant. Participant information is kept confidential and used solely for the purposes outlined in this privacy statement.
YOUR RIGHTS
Participants have the right to access, correct, or delete their personal information collected by us. If you wish to exercise any of these rights or have any questions regarding your personal information, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy statement or our practices regarding your personal information, please contact us at: contact@photomodeawards.com.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT
We may update our privacy statement from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will post the new privacy statement on this page.
