Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Markos Berndt Photography (“we”, “our”, “us”) uses and protects any information that you give Markos Berndt Photography when you use this website.

Markos Berndt Photography is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

1. Introduction

Welcome to MarkosBerndt.Photography. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [markosberndt.photography] (the “Site”).

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

• Personal Identification Information: Name and email address when you voluntarily submit it through contact forms or newsletter sign-ups.

• Contact information including email address & mailing address

• Demographic information such as postcode and preferences

• IP address & browser data

• Other information relevant to order processing and/or offers

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

• To provide, operate, and maintain our Site

• To improve, personalize, and expand our Site

• To understand and analyze how you use our Site

• To develop new products, services, features, and functionalities

• To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Site, and for marketing and promotional purposes

• To process your transactions and manage your orders

• To send you emails 

• To find and prevent fraud 

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personally Identifiable Information to outside parties without your consent, except as described below:

• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

5. Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

6. How We Use Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your system hard drive. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs and remember information about your preferences. These cookies are necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. However, these identifiers do not store any personal data.

Below are the cookies that may be used from our website:

PHPSESSID: Random value to start sessions

ms_session: A unique random identifier for user experience and actions such as saving contents of your shopping cart

persid: An encrypted ID to automatically log you into your account if you choose the remember me option when creating an account or logging in

vid: A visitor ID number used for our statistical system

lv: The date of your last visit for our statistical system

emview: Set if you have viewed our mailing list popup offer (value of 1). Required so it does not show to you each time you visit our site

hasloggedin: Set if you have previously logged into your account (value of 1)

7. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to our social accounts and/or other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.

8. Controlling Your Personal Information

When using parts of our website you may encounter forms to fill out with your email address or other personal information at which time you will have the option whether we may contact you pertaining to that form or event.

If you have created an account with us, you can update your account information at any time by logging into your account and using the My Account area. If you wish to have your information removed from our system, you may email us at markos@markosberndt.photography with your request and we will process that as soon as possible.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

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

Effective Date: 07/01/24

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