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Privacy

Disclaimer
The International Black and White Photography Awards, are owned by E-Presse.com & 256 Photography LLC; hereinafter refered to as IBWPA. Please read this document carefully as it discusses how IBWPA collects and uses personal information gathered by IBWPA. Access to and use of www.IBWFA.org (the “Site”) and it’s services (Services) is provided to you (“You” / “Your”) IBWPA. By accessing the Site, You acknowledge that You have read and understand how we gather and use information and that You have read and understand our Terms of Service.

The IBWPA respects Your privacy concerns. This is an importnat notice regarding how IBWPA collects and uses Your personal data. We only collect personal data that you have volunterreily provided us when registering for a User account or asking to join en email list, contest or other offer provided by IBWPA or one of our Sponsors. We want you to be completely comfortable with how we gather and use your information; therefore IBWPA encourages you to contact us if you have any questions about this Policy. This Policy applies to subscribers to our newsletters, announcements, contest applicants and any person or business that has willingly given us their contact information for any reason, be it personal information or business contact information.

Privacy Policy
We respect Your personal information. We will never sell Your personal information to any 3rd party. If You agree, we may provide limited information to our Sponsors.

Protecting your private information is our priority. This privacy policy applies to the website www.IBWFA.org. IBWPA is the sole owner of all information colllected on www.IBWFA.org. This Privacy Policy covers the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information that may be collected by IBWPA whenever You interact with The International Black and White Photography Awards such as: when you visit  www.ibwfa.org, when you enter an IBWPA competition, when you subscribe to our mailing list, take part in a promotional give-away, or participate in any activity sponsored by IBWPA. By using the website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, IBWPA may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

  1. First and Last Name
  2. Mailing Address
  3. E-mail Address
  4. Phone number
  5. Country of residence
  6. Nationality

If you purchase IBWPA’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the
purchase transaction. IBWPA may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Household Income

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, You may be required to provide certain
personal information to us when You elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an
account on our Site; (b) entering a contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected
third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when entering contests, or ordering and purchasing
products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services
and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of Your Personal Information

IBWPA collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested. IBWPA may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from IBWPA and its sponsors.

Sharing Information with Third Parties
IBWPA does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. IBWPA may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. IBWPA may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

IBWPA may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on IBWPA or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of  IBWPA; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of  IBWPA, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior
IBWPA may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within IBWPA, in order to determine what IBWPA services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within IBWPA to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatic Collection of Data
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by IBWPA . This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the IBWPA website.

Use of Cookies
The IBWPA website may 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 IBWPA pages, or register with IBWPA site or services, a cookie helps IBWPA 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 IBWPA website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the IBWPA 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 IBWPA services or websites you visit.

Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information
IBWPA secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. IBWPA uses the SSL Protocolfor this purpose. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Children Under Eighteen
IBWPA does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen. If you are under the age of eighteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

IBWPA Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of IBWPA by contacting us here:

  • Web page: www.ibwfa.org/opt-out
  • email: opt-out@ibwfa.org

Email Communications
From time to time, IBWPA may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from IBWPA, you may opt out of such communications by visting www.ibwfa.org/opt-out or by sending an email to opt-out@ibwfa.org with the subject title of Unsubscribe.

Right to access, erase and be forgotten
Your Rights regarding Your personal information; you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information so that you can verify the information and ensure we are lawfully processing it.
  • Request correction of your personal information so that any incomplete or inaccurate personal information can be corrected.
  • Request the erasure of your personal information provide that we don’t need it to process goods or servics requested by you.
  • In certain circumstances, you also may have the right to object for legitimate reasons to the processing or transfer of personal information. In such a case, we will delete all your personal data from our servers.
If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal information, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal information to another party, please contact us at support@ibwfa.org

Changes to this Statement
IBWPA reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our Site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information
IBWPA welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that IBWPA has not adhered to this Statement, please contact IBWPA at:
privacy@ibwfa.org with the subject line of “privacy”.

3 September 2018

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