Privacy Policy

Effective date: April 14th, 2021

Meander Photography (Michael Rudy) operates the www.meanderphotography.ca website (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

This page informs you of my policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use this Service, and the choices you have associated with that data.

I use your data only as needed to provide and improve the Service, to contact visitors where contact information has been made available to me for this purpose, and to gauge visitorship and interest in the photos and writing I make available. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Definitions

  • Service

    Service is the www.meanderphotography.ca website operated by Meander Photography

  • Personal Data

    Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

  • Usage Data

    Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Cookies

    Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Information Collection and Use

My website or the various providers associated with it (eg., Squarespace, Google, etc.) collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve the Service.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

If you choose to do so, you may provide me with certain personally identifiable information (eg., by filling out the 'contact me' form) that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State/Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data

My website may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

My website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity and use of the Service and may hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies may also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse the Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. This should have no impact on the functionality of the site, but it prevents me from being able to better understand where visitors to my site are coming from, which could help me improve it.

Examples of Cookies that may be used:

  • Session Cookies. The Service may use Session Cookies to operate.
  • Preference Cookies. The Service may use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies. The Service may use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data

Meander Photography uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain the Service
  • To notify you about changes to the Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of the Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer care and support
  • To provide analysis or valuable information so that I can improve the Service
  • To monitor the usage of the Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues

Transfer Of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Meander Photography will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure Of Data

Legal Requirements

Meander Photography may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • To protect against legal liability

As a European citizen, under GDPR, you have certain individual rights. You can learn more about these guides in the GDPR Guide.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to me, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While I strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, I cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Service Providers

I may employ third party companies and individuals (eg., Squarespace) to facilitate the Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on my behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist me in analyzing how the Service is used.

These third parties may have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on my behalf, and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Links to Other Sites

My Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by me. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

My Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided me with Personal Data, please contact me. If I become aware that I have inadvertently collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, I will take steps to remove that information from the server.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

I may update my Privacy Policy from time to time.

I will update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy once a new Policy has been posted. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me:

  • By email: mrudy@ualberta.ca