Our Privacy Policy

Picture House Photography is committed to responsible privacy practices, to complying with the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and all other applicable legislation governing privacy.

We believe our respect for clients private information is a strength of our company. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all personal information is handled in accordance with the National Privacy Principles.

This Privacy Policy sets out our policies on the management of personal information - that is, how we collect personal information, the purposes for which we use this information, and to whom this information is disclosed.

Definition of personal information?

Personal information is information that could identify you. Examples of personal information include your name, address, telephone number and email address.

Collection and use of Personal Information

We collect private information from clients in order to supply them with products and services. We use that information in the design and delivery of those products and services. We may also use the information you supply to:

• Contact you to obtain your feedback and to find out your level of satisfaction with our products and services.
• If you consent, we may also use your information in order to keep you up to date with information about us and our products and services or to provide you with special offers.
• If you consent, we may also use your information in order to keep you up to date with information about our partners products and services or to provide you with our partners special offers. This data will never be sold or supplied to partner companies.

We may also collect personal information from you through transactions you have with us directly, such as through our website and e-newsletters. Where we do this, we will endeavour to inform you why we are collecting your personal information, how we use that information and to whom we intend to disclose it.

What if you don't want to provide personal information?

Generally, you have no obligation to provide any personal information requested by us. However, if you choose to withhold requested personal information, we may not be able to provide you with the products and services that depend on the collection of that information.

To whom do we disclose personal information?

We sometimes use third party service providers to perform certain functions for us. Such functions include mailing, outsourced website development, market analysis and market research and external audits.

For our partners to perform those functions, it is sometimes necessary for us to disclose your personal information to those suppliers. Where disclosures take place, we work with these third parties to ensure that all personal information we provide to them is kept secure, is only used to perform the task for which we have engaged them and is handled by them in accordance with the National Privacy Principles.

How do we protect personal information?

At all times, we take great care to ensure your personal information is protected from unauthorised access, use, disclosure or alteration.

We endeavour to ensure that our employees are aware of, and comply with, their obligations in relation to the handling of personal information. Only properly authorised employees are permitted to see or use personal information and, even then, only to the extent that it is relevant to their roles and responsibilities.

Personal information Accuracy

We work to maintain your personal information as accurately as reasonably possible. We rely on the accuracy of personal information as provided to us both directly and indirectly. We encourage you to contact us if the personal information we hold about you is incorrect or to notify us of a change in your personal information. Our contact details are available on this website.

How can you access or correct the personal information we hold about you?

Wherever possible and appropriate, we will let you see the personal information we hold about you and correct it if it is wrong. If we do not allow you access to any part of the personal information we hold about you, we will tell you the reason for this.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time at our discretion and without notice. At any time, the latest version is available on this website

This notice current as of February 2006

 

Our Internet Privacy Statement Picture House Photography Internet Privacy Practices

This document describes the policy of Picture House Photography regarding information received about you during visits to our web sites. The amount and type of information received depends on how you use our sites. This website amy contain links to other sites. This privacy statement is for this web site only.

Normal web site usage

The only information we collect and store during normal web site usage is the name of your Internet service provider, the web site that referred you to us, the pages you request and the date and time of those requests. We use this information to generate statistics and measure site activity to improve the usefulness of customer visits. Unless you explicity supply it to us, during normal web site usage we do not collect or store personally identifiable information such as name, mailing address, email address, or phone number.

Collection of personally identifiable information

There are instances where Picture House Photography requests personally identifiable information to provide you with a service or correspondence (for example, our enquiries screen). This information, such as name, mailing address, email address, type of request and possibly additional information, is collected and stored in a manner appropriate to the nature of the data by Picture House Photography and is used to fulfill your request. If you tell us that the information should not be used as a basis for further contact, we will respect your request. The information you provide is used by Picture House Photography to improve the quality of the services we provide you. It is never provided to any other company for that company's independent use. Information which Picture House Photography holds about you may be transferred and stored overseas to Picture House Photography secure hosting facilities. If your information is transferred overseas it will remain subject to strict security safeguards.

Use of "Cookies"

The Picture House Photography Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Picture House Photography pages, or register with Picture House Photography site or services, a cookie helps Picture House Photography to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Picture House Photography Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Picture House Photography features that you customized.

You have the ability 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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Picture House Photography services or Web sites you visit.

Electronic mail sent to us that contains personal information

Internet users may decide to send Picture House Photography personally identifying information. Picture House Photography will only use this information to identify the user as a Picture House Photography client and to determine how to respond to the electronic mail.

We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time at our discretion and without notice. At any time, the latest version is available from our website.