Privacy Policy

PhotoModeAwards.com (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy.

This policy explains our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our website www.photomodeawards.com.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

• Service: The website at https://www.photomodeawards.com
• Personal Data: Data about a living individual who can be identified from those data or from those and other information in our possession.
• Usage Data: Data collected automatically, generated by the use of the Service or from its infrastructure.
• Cookies: Small files stored on your device.
• Data Subject / User: Any living individual who uses our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

We collect minimal personal information for the sole purpose of administering the Photo Mode Awards competition and related communications. The information we may collect includes:

• Name, display name / social handle, and account credentials (email address used to create a free account)
• Email address
• Social media profile information (where provided for winner announcements)
• Photograph(s) submitted for the competition
• Country or region (for eligibility and statistics)
• Any additional information you voluntarily provide

We do not collect sensitive personal information such as race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, or political affiliations.

Information collected is used solely for the following purposes:

• To verify participant eligibility for the competition
• To communicate with participants regarding submissions, updates, and winner announcements
• To administer and judge the competition fairly and effectively
• To publish winning and finalist entries (credited to the photographer) on our website and social channels
• To send the PMA Insider newsletter to subscribers who have opted in
• To address any enquiries, concerns, or feedback

We will never use your information for advertising purposes or sell it to third parties.

If you subscribe to the PMA Insider newsletter, we will store your email address with our email service provider (Resend) for the sole purpose of sending you PMA updates, competition news, and community highlights.

You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email. We do not share your email address with any third parties for marketing purposes.

We may collect Usage Data including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time and date of your visit, and other diagnostic data.

Types of cookies we use:

• Session Cookies — to operate our Service
• Preference Cookies — to remember your preferences and settings
• Security Cookies — for security purposes
• Analytics Cookies — to understand how visitors use our site

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies, though some parts of our Service may not function properly without them.

We may employ third-party companies to facilitate our Service. These parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform tasks on our behalf. Our current service providers include:

• Google Analytics — website traffic and usage analysis
• Resend — email delivery for competition communications and the PMA Insider newsletter
• Amazon Web Services (S3) — storage of digital assets including magazine PDFs

We do not disclose or share participant information with third parties unless:

• Required by law or legal process
• You have given explicit consent (for example, winner announcements published publicly)
• It is necessary to administer the competition

You have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
• Correction — request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Deletion — request that we delete your personal information
• Withdrawal of consent — unsubscribe from newsletter communications at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@photomodeawards.com.

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us immediately.

Our Service may contain links to third-party sites not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.