PRIVACY POLICY Meet World Photographers


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Last revision: 27.05.22

This Privacy Policy includes important information about your personal data, and we encourage you to read it carefully. We care about the security and privacy of the personal data you share with us, and we care about your privacy. Your data will be treated with respect and according to applicable laws and regulations. This privacy policy describes how, and to what extent, Meetworldphotographers.com collects and processes your personal data when you use the website. Your personal data gives us the possibility to provide you with a customized experience when you interact with Meetworldphotographers.com.

 

1. DATA CONTROLLER
On behalf of Blueberry Photography AS, the CEO is the data controller for the processing of personal data regarding your use of Meetworldphotographers.com.

2. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?
Depending on the legal basis including the purpose for our processing, we may collect the personal data as described below:

Personal data about you as a customer or registered user
To handle your orders, different interactions, and purchases, we require the following information about you:

  • Name

  • Address, phone number and e-mail

  • Date of birth (for some payment methods)

  • Payment information and payment history

  • Information about your order

As you go through checkout, this site may auto complete your billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience. This is necessary to complete our interaction and transaction with you.

Use of personal data to send you marketing emails
We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with our website and marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Personal data about you as a registered member
When you subscribe and purchase a membership on this website, we collect personal data from you to enable your member areas access. We may collect information like your: billing address, details relating to your subscription, email address, name, phone number. We share this information with our website hosting provider so that they can provide exclusive member area hosting services to us. As you go through checkout, this site may auto complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

In order to offer you a personalized membership we require the following personal data about you;

 ·       billing address

·       details relating to your subscription

·       email address, name, phone number

Personal data about you when you subscribe to a membership
When you subscribe and purchase a membership on Meetworldphotographers.com, we collect personal data from you to enable your member areas access. We may collect the following personal data from you:

·      billing address

·      Details relating to your subscription

·      Email address

·      Name

·      Phone number

We share this information with our website hosting provider so that they can provide exclusive member area hosting services to us. As you go through checkout, this site may auto complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

 

3. HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We collect personal data from you when you register on our website, subscribe to a membership or newsletter, fill out a form, contact us regarding sales-related issues or enter information on our website.

4. THE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The processing of data mentioned under section 2 above is used to fulfil the agreement with you regarding the access to and use of Meetworldphotographers.com. The basis of this processing is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 6 (1) (b).

If you have given your consent to the personal data being used for other purposes described in this privacy policy that are not covered by our agreement, such as marketing emails and the use of certain cookies, cfr. section 8 below, then the basis of this processing is GDPR Article 6 (1) (a). You may withdraw your consent to such use at any time. 

5. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD PARTIES
In order to fulfil our obligations as agreed with you, from time to time we need to share your personal data with our business partners or subcontractors who might process data on our behalf. We may provide them with access to user information and personally identifiable information, to carry out the services they are performing for you or for us, and for us to you. We will ensure that all processing of your personal data is carried out in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, as well as with this privacy policy. 
If you would like Information on our collaborative partners, please contact us at hello@meetworldphotographers.com

We do not share, sell, transfer or otherwise disclose personal data to any other third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so.

 6. ERASURE OF PERSONAL DATA
Data received or collected in connection with our services on Meetworldphotographers.com is stored in our active user register for a maximum of three years from last contact or use by you. Data we are obliged to keep according to the Norwegian Accounting Act (in Norwegian: Bokføringsloven) will be stored for up to 5 years, in accordance with the requirements of the law.

 

7. INFORMATION SECURITY
We safeguard your personal data in the case of both physical and virtual access, and access control, as well as by encrypting sensitive areas of the Information provided.

8. COOKIES

What Is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of text sent to your browser by a website you visit. It helps the site remember information about your visit, which can make it easier to visit the site again and make the site more useful to you. 

Why do we use cookies?

Cookies are used to make the user's web experience faster, convenient and personalised. For example, you can select a language to view a website the first time you visit it. When you visit the website again it will save your preference.

What kind of cookies do we use?
We use the following cookies:

https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-The-cookies-Squarespace-uses

By the use of cookies we collect personal data to power our site analytics, including: Information about your browser, network, and device. Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website. Your IP address.

The data above may also include details about your use of this website, including: clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, timestamps. We share this information with our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

 How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

9. WHAT ARE YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS?

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights, and our customer service will be glad to help you at hello@meetworldphotographers.com. You have the following data protection rights:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request us to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

10. CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may from time to time make changes and amendments to this privacy policy. All changes and amendments are effective from the time they are published. We encourage visitors to regularly check this page for any changes to the privacy policy.

11. HOW TO CONTACT US

You are always welcome to contact us with any questions regarding the processing of your information. If you have any questions, please contact us at hello@meetworldphotographers.com

12. HOW TO CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (In Norwegian: Datatilsynet):
Email: postkasse@datatilsynet.no
Address: Datatilsynet, P.O. Box 458 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo, Norway