Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Stuart Price Images (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to maintaining the highest standards in securing and protecting the personal information of our website visitors and clients. We understand the significance of your privacy and are dedicated to the fair, transparent, and lawful processing of your personal data in compliance with applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
This Privacy Policy outlines how personal data is collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit or interact with our website, stuartpriceimages.com, and when you communicate with us through available channels.
2. Scope of this Policy and Data Controller Role
This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected through stuartpriceimages.com and associated communications. Stuart Price Images is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data. Our processing activities are guided by lawful bases as defined under GDPR and relevant state-level privacy laws in the United States, including CCPA.
If you have any questions regarding data processing or your rights, you may contact us at: [email protected].
3. Categories of Personal Data Collected
We collect and process various types of personal data, depending on your interaction with our website and services:
a. Usage Data:
Includes details such as your IP address, browser type and version, device identifiers, time zone setting, pages you visit, time spent on pages, server logs, and referring websites.
b. Account Data:
If you register an account or make a purchase, we collect your full name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other details you voluntarily provide.
c. Profile Data:
Includes preferences you set on our website, your browsing behavior, prior purchases, wish lists, and product views.
d. Communication Data:
Refers to any correspondence with us, including content from support requests, contact form submissions, feedback, or customer service interactions.
e. Technical Data:
Covers device type, operating system, screen resolution, browser plugins, language settings, mobile platform, and technical diagnostics.
f. Transaction Data:
Includes payment method details, transaction IDs, billing/shipping addresses, order history, and delivery confirmations, but does not include full credit card data (which is securely handled by third-party processors).
g. Preference Data:
Captures your consent choices for marketing communications, newsletter subscriptions, and areas of product interest based on your user activity or expressed preferences.
4. Legal Bases for Data Processing
We process personal data only when we have a lawful basis for doing so. These bases include:
– Consent: When you explicitly permit us to process your data, such as signing up for newsletters or agreeing to cookies.
– Contractual Necessity: When processing is required to fulfill a contractual relationship, e.g., completing a product purchase.
– Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for the operation, improvement, and security of our website and services, provided such interests are not overridden by your privacy rights.
– Legal Obligation: Where we are subject to legal or regulatory requirements to process or retain data.
5. Your Rights
Subject to applicable laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
– Right of Access: You can request access to the personal data we hold about you.
– Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
– Right to Erasure: You can request to have your personal data deleted, subject to retention obligations.
– Right to Restriction: You may limit the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
– Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
– Right to Object: You may object to certain types of processing, including direct marketing.
– Rights Under CCPA (for California residents): These include the right to know, delete, and opt-out of the sale of personal data, and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising CCPA rights.
To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected].
6. Security Measures
We implement appropriate technical and organizational safeguards to ensure that your personal data is protected against unauthorized access, alteration, loss, destruction, or disclosure. These safeguards include:
– SSL encryption across all pages of stuartpriceimages.com
– Role-based access controls for sensitive data
– Routine data backups and integrity checks
– Secure data storage infrastructure
– Staff privacy training and confidentiality agreements
While we follow industry standards to protect your data, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. International Transfers
Stuart Price Images may process or transmit your data outside of your country of residence, including countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or California. When data is transferred internationally, we ensure adequate protection by:
– Using Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
– Ensuring transfers occur to jurisdictions with recognized adequacy decisions where applicable
– Applying supplementary safeguards and compliance procedures aligned with GDPR and CCPA guidelines
8. Data Retention
We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as legally required. Specific timeframes include:
– Usage, Technical, and Preference Data: Deleted or anonymized after 24 months of inactivity
– Account and Profile Data: Retained during active usage and for up to 6 years following inactivity or account closure
– Transaction Data: Retained for 7 years for tax and accounting compliance
– Communication Data: Retained for 3 years for service quality and queries audit
– Marketing Data: Retained until you withdraw consent or opt-out
9. Cookie Policy
Our website, stuartpriceimages.com, uses cookies and similar technologies to improve user experience, enhance website functionality, and collect analytics and behavioral information.
Types of cookies we use:
– Essential Cookies: Required for core functionality such as authentication, navigation, and security.
– Functional Cookies: Enable additional website features like remembering preferences.
– Analytics Cookies: Provide insights into website performance and user behavior (e.g., pages viewed, bounce rates).
– Performance Cookies: Optimize speed and responsiveness of our web content.
10. Cookie Management and Compliance with GDPR & CCPA
Upon your first visit to stuartpriceimages.com, you are prompted to accept or manage your cookie preferences. You may opt in or out of non-essential cookies at any time via our Cookie Preference Center accessible through our website footer.
In compliance with GDPR, we obtain explicit consent before installing non-essential cookies. Under CCPA, users have the right to know what cookies are used and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information as defined under CCPA.
Your browser settings also allow you to control or disable cookies. Disabling cookies may limit your experience on stuartpriceimages.com.
11. Special Protections for Children Under 13
Our website and services are not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors without parental consent. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal data, we will take immediate steps to delete such information.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has submitted information to us, please contact us promptly at [email protected].
12. Policy Updates and User Notifications
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in data practices or regulatory requirements. Substantive changes will be communicated via notices on stuartpriceimages.com or by email, if applicable. We encourage users to periodically review this policy for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Your continued use of our services and website constitutes acceptance of any such updates.
13. Contact Information
If you have questions, concerns, or wish to exercise your data protection rights, you may contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: (available upon request)
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We are committed to full compliance with all applicable privacy laws, including GDPR and CCPA, and to upholding the rights of all users. If you have any concerns about your personal information or this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at the provided email address.