PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: January 2023

Thanks for visiting Adam Piotr Kossowski Photography! Adam Piotr Kossowski Photography (“APK”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. When it comes to your personal information, I believe in transparency, not surprises. That’s why I’ve set out here what personal information I collect, what I do with it and your choices and rights. By using any of Adam Piotr Kossowski Photography services, including the purchase of images, you confirm you understand my Privacy Policy below stated below as well as my Terms of Service.

1. Some key terms

In this Privacy Policy, when I refer to “Clients”, I mean visitor to this website. You can find out more about me in “The Photographer”.

2. How does this Privacy Policy apply?

This Privacy Policy describes what I do with personal information that I collect and use for my own purposes, such as your geographical reports generated through my third party website supplier “Squarespace” and information about how you use and interact with my Website, including information you submit through my Contact form.

I use cookies and similar technologies. For Squarespaces’ Cookie Policy please visit the link here: Cookie Policy

3. Personal information I collect

I collect various personal information regarding you or your device. This includes the following:

  1. Information you provide when contacting me, specifically email address, first name and last name.

  2. The emails and other communications that you send me or otherwise contribute in my form section. This is at all times kept private and not distributed in any way.

  3. Information you share with me in connection with surveys, contests or promotions.

  4. Information from your use of my images and collections. This includes: IP addresses, preferences, web pages you visited prior to coming to my website, information about your browser, network or device (such as browser type and version, operating system, internet service provider, preference settings, unique device IDs and language and other regional settings), information about how you interact with the website (such as timestamps, clicks, scrolling, browsing times, searches, transactions, referral pages, load times, and problems you may encounter, such as loading errors).

4. How I collect personal information

I obtain personal information from various sources. I do this in three main ways:

  1. You provide some of it directly to me.

  2. I record some of it automatically when you use my website (including with technologies like cookies).

  3. Through my social media channels such as Instagram & Facebook.

5. How I use your personal information

I use the personal information I obtain about you for the following purposes:

  1. Point of contact for sending out my updates and news.

  2. Communicating with you. Communicate with you, including by sending you emails about your requests on my website.

  3. Surveys and contests. Administer surveys, contests and other promotions.

  4. Improving my website. Analyze and learn about how my website is accessed and used, evaluate and improve its usability.

  5. Enforcement. Enforce my legal terms and policies.

  6. Complying with law. Comply with applicable legal requirements, such as tax and other government regulations and industry standards, contracts and law enforcement requests.

I process your personal information for the above purposes when:

  1. Consent. When you fill in my form you have consented to Adam Piotr Kossowski Photography getting in contact with you.

  2. Legal obligation. I have a legal obligation to use your personal information, such as to comply with applicable tax and other government regulations or to comply with a court order or binding law enforcement request.

6. How I share your personal information

I share personal information in the following ways:

  1. I use a third party host, namely Squarespace.com

  2. Following the law or protecting rights and interests. I disclose your personal information if I determine that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with the law, protect our or others’ rights, property or interest or prevent fraud or abuse of Squarespace or my visitors and clients. In particular, I may disclose your personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, such as to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

7. Social media Policy & Usage

I adopt a safe and responsible Social Media Policy. While I may have official profiles on social media platforms, users are advised to verify the authenticity of such profiles before engaging with, or sharing information with such profiles. I will never ask for personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with me on social media.

8. Children’s online privacy protection rules

I believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. I encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. Adam Piotr Kossowski Photography does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18 year old and I do not specifically market to children under the age of 18 years old.

9. Contact information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or my photography website, or if you are looking to exercise any of your rights. You may contact me at hello@adamkossowski.com