PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy sets out how the Data Controller, Andrew Scott, uses and protects any information that you give Andrew Scott Photography. Andrew Scott Photography is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Andrew Scott Photography may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1 July 2020.

What we collect:
We may collect the following information when you contact us via our website and when you complete an online form:
Your name
Contact information including home address, email address and telephone number
Demographic information such as postcode

What we do with the information we gather:
We require this information to understand your photographic needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
To contact you about your enquiry and order
Internal record keeping
We may use the information to improve our products and services
We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided

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

Storage
Andrew Scott Photography is based in the UK and we store our data within the United Kingdom. All client data is stored and processed by Amazon Web Services. Your photographs will be stored electronically in the UK

How we store your information
We will only use and store information for so long as it is required for the purposes it was collected for. How long information will be stored for depends on the information in question and what it is being used for. We continually review what information we hold and delete what is no longer required.

Third party print suppliers
We send your photographs as jpg. digital files to a number of third party print suppliers including Loxley Colour, DS Print labs, Kaleidoscope Framing Limited (wall frames) and Trade Canvas Prints (Trade Canvas Prints is a trading style of Art and Photo Printing Ltd.)(canvas prints). Kaleidoscope Framing Limited will hold high-resolution image files on their server for up to one calendar month from the date of printing. They are then deleted. Small low-resolution thumbnails are held on their server for order history purposes.

Email contact
Andrew Scott Photography uses Outlook for inbound and outbound electronic mail. We will also monitor any emails sent to us, including file attachments, for viruses or malicious software. Please be aware that you have a responsibility to ensure that any email you send is within the bounds of the law.

Payments
Payment processing services enable this Website to process payments by PayPal. To ensure security, this Website shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.

Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose 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. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Controlling your personal data
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please use the contact form and your request will be responded to accordingly.