Professional Photo Portfolios Privacy Policy

Professional Photo Portfolios is strongly committed to protecting your privacy.

All references in this policy to "Professional Photo Portfolios" include the Professional Photo Portfolios site and any other Professional Photo Portfolios-branded services.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you about:

1. The kinds of information that we may gather about you when you visit Professional Photo Portfolios
2. How we may use that information
3. Whether we disclose it to anyone
4. The choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information

NOTE: This policy applies only to Professional Photo Portfolios and Web sites that carry the Professional Photo Portfolios brand, and not to other companies' or organizations' Web sites to which we link. The Professional Photo Portfolios logo clearly identifies where this policy applies.

Whenever we update this policy, we will post it here. Of course, we welcome your comments and questions. Please email any comments or questions regarding our privacy practices to support@professionalphotoportfolios.com.

What personal information does we collect?

1. Professional Photo Portfolios collects personally identifying information if you register to use the site and its features.
2. Each time you visit our Web site, our Web server automatically recognizes and records your domain name and e-mail address (where possible).
3. We collect your e-mail address when you communicate with us via e-mail and/or make postings to our interactive areas
4. We collect aggregate information about which pages you view, user-specific information about which pages you view, and how much time you spend in particular areas
5. We store information that you voluntarily provide when you register for an account, including (but not limited to) your name, address, and telephone number.
6. We collect credit card information and a billing address when you pay us by credit card.

Professional Photo Portfolios may retain information about you indefinitely. Professional Photo Portfolios maintains publicly available user profiles as well, which may contain personally identifying information that you provide voluntarily.

What do we do with the information we collect?

Professional Photo Portfolios may use your personally identifying information to track compliance with our Terms of Use, and to respond to requests for customer support.

In addition, Professional Photo Portfolios may disclose personally identifying information about you, your accounts, or any content you provide on our site, if Professional Photo Portfolios believes in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary to enforce its User Agreement or copyright policy, to comply with the law, to comply with legal process, to operate its systems properly, or to protect the rights or property of itself, its members, its visitors, or others.

Other companies that provide services or that advertise on our site may collect information about you. We do not control collection or use of this information. Please contact these companies or advertisers directly if you have any questions about how they use this information.

With your permission (f you are 18 years of age or older), Professional Photo Portfolios may use your registration information - including but not limited to age, telephone number, and address, - for marketing and promotional purposes. If you object to such use for any reason, you may stop that use -- either by e-mail request sent to support@professionalphotoportfolios.com, or by modifying your registration information online. If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products, services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by sending an e-mail to us at the above e-mail address and providing us with your exact name and address.

How will we protect your personal information?

Professional Photo Portfolios will take appropriate steps to protect the information you share with us. Whenever you give us sensitive information (credit card numbers, for instance), Professional Photo Portfolios will take commercially reasonable steps to establish a secure connection with your web browser. Credit card numbers are used only for payment processing and are not retained for marketing purposes.

We will NOT make your e-mail address available to any person or organization outside of Professional Photo Portfolios. Period.

How do we use IP addresses?

Professional Photo Portfolios collects your computer's IP address to generate statistical site usage reports and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. An IP address identifies your computer whenever you're surfing the Web. When your web browser requests pages from Professional Photo Portfolios, our servers log your computer's IP address. We do not link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information. This means that while your ession will be logged, you remain anonymous to us.

How do we use cookies?

A cookie is a piece of information that a Web site, including Professional Photo Portfolios transfers to your computer's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you by saving information about your browsing activity. This makes it possible to streamline return visits to our site. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you'll find them at most major Web sites.

When you log in to Professional Photo Portfolios, a cookie lets our Web server remember that you've registered, which allows us to speed up your activities at our sites.

Conclusion

By using this site, you signify that you consent to the Professional Photo Portfolios Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to this policy, please do not use the site.

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of Professional Photo Portfolios following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

For a full explanation of the terms and conditions for using this site, please see our Terms of Use .