Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.aliattaran.com.

This privacy policy sets out how Ali Attaran Photography uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:
• name and job title
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers.
• IP address
• Information about your computer / browser

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
• internal record keeping
• we may use the information to improve our products and services
• from time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests
• Analytical information

Disclosure of your personal information to third parties:
– only to the extent necessary to run our business / website / fulfill contracts
– when required to do so by law

Your personal information
– we hold your personal information for no longer than necessary (for legal obligations)
– you can access your personal information by contact us
– you can update / delete / correct your personal information
– withdraw the consent of our company using the information

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.

We encrypt all data sent on our website (using SSL) and only grant access to your personal information where necessary.

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 (Google Analytics)to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page 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. Here are our main cookies:

Google Analytics

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Controlling your personal information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to our email address ([email protected]) as soon as possible. If you’d like us to remove your information from our database please send an email to [email protected] and we will happily remove it. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the legal requirements you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which aliattaran.com collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the www.aliattaran.com website (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by aliattaran.com.

Personal Identification Information:

To comply with GDPR regulations, your Privacy Policy should include information about the types of personal data collected, how it is used, who it is shared with, and how users can exercise their rights under GDPR. Here’s a suggested structure for your Privacy Policy:

  1. Introduction:
    • Brief overview of the purpose of the Privacy Policy and its applicability to the website.
  2. Types of Data Collected:
    • Specify the types of personal data collected through the website (e.g., name, email address, IP address, etc.) and how they are collected (e.g., through contact forms, cookies, etc.).
  3. Purposes of Processing:
    • Explain the purposes for which the collected data are processed (e.g., to provide services, improve user experience, marketing communications, etc.).
  4. Legal Basis for Processing:
    • Describe the legal basis for processing personal data, such as user consent, contractual necessity, legal obligations, legitimate interests, etc.
  5. Data Retention:
    • Specify how long the collected data will be retained and the criteria used to determine retention periods.
  6. Data Sharing:
    • Describe circumstances under which personal data may be shared with third parties and the purposes for such sharing.
  7. User Rights:
    • Inform users about their rights under GDPR, including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, and object to processing.
  8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies:
    • Explain the use of cookies and other tracking technologies on the website, including purposes, types of cookies used, and how users can manage cookie preferences.
  9. Security Measures:
    • Describe the security measures implemented to protect personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
  10. Changes to Privacy Policy:
    • Reserve the right to update or change the Privacy Policy and inform users about any revisions.
  11. Contact Information:
    • Provide contact information for users to reach out with questions, concerns, or requests regarding their personal data.

Remember to tailor the Privacy Policy to reflect the specific data processing practices of your website and seek legal advice to ensure compliance with GDPR and other relevant regulations.