Privacy policy

TL;DR;

You can read the details below, however this should be a fair summary:

We collect and store information (i.e. name, email, phone number…) that you provide us in order to exchange communication with you regarding this website, or services and products you purchase or intend to purchase from us.
Payments are processed with secure 3rd parties vendors (i.e. Paypal, Stripe…). We do not store your credit card information.
This website uses cookies to gather anonymous statistics about your visit.
This website may display Ads, for which we may be compensated. We cannot control what they track.
This website may display affiliate links. Affiliate partners cost you nothing, and provide us some residual income. Where possible, we try to choose affiliate services that provide real value to you.
We do not sell, rent, lease, distribute, publish our clients contact information.

Salvatore Ventura Photography (“Salvatore Ventura Photography“) operates salvoventura.com and may operate other websites. It is Salvatore Ventura Photography’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Salvatore Ventura Photography collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Salvatore Ventura Photography’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Salvatore Ventura Photography’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Salvatore Ventura Photography may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Salvatore Ventura Photography also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on salvoventura.com blogs/sites. Salvatore Ventura Photography only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Salvatore Ventura Photography’s websites choose to interact with Salvatore Ventura Photography in ways that require Salvatore Ventura Photography to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Salvatore Ventura Photography gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who subscribe to our newsletter to provide an email address. Those who engage in transactions with Salvatore Ventura Photography are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Salvatore Ventura Photography collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Salvatore Ventura Photography. Salvatore Ventura Photography does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

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.

Aggregated Statistics

Salvatore Ventura Photography may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Salvatore Ventura Photography may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Salvatore Ventura Photography does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Salvatore Ventura Photography discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Salvatore Ventura Photography’s behalf or to provide services available at Salvatore Ventura Photography’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Salvatore Ventura Photography’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Salvatore Ventura Photography will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Salvatore Ventura Photography discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Salvatore Ventura Photography believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Salvatore Ventura Photography, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Salvatore Ventura Photography website and have supplied your email address, Salvatore Ventura Photography may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Salvatore Ventura Photography and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Salvatore Ventura Photography takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Salvatore Ventura Photography uses cookies to help Salvatore Ventura Photography identify and track visitors, their usage of Salvatore Ventura Photography website, and their website access preferences. Salvatore Ventura Photography visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Salvatore Ventura Photography’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Salvatore Ventura Photography’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Adsense cookies (advertising)

Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)

If you have not opted out of third-party ad serving, the cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on your site, which should also be disclosed in your privacy policy in the following manner:

Notify your site visitors of the third-party vendors and ad networks serving ads on your site.
Provide links to the appropriate vendor and ad network websites.
Inform your users that they may visit those websites to opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising (if the vendor or ad network offers this capability). Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Because publisher sites and laws across countries vary, we’re unable to suggest specific privacy policy language. However, you may wish to review resources such as the Network Advertising Initiative for guidance on drafting a privacy policy. For additional details regarding cookie consent notices, please refer to cookiechoices.org.

Business Transfers

If Salvatore Ventura Photography, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Salvatore Ventura Photography goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Salvatore Ventura Photography may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Salvatore Ventura Photography and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Salvatore Ventura Photography may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Salvatore Ventura Photography’s sole discretion. Salvatore Ventura Photography encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Affiliate Links

You may find affiliate links (e.g. Amazon’s Affiliate Program) in some of my posts. I receive a referral fee from sales generated through these links, and I use these profits to offset the cost of maintaining this website. You are not obligated to purchase the linked item. Using these links for your purchase, does not add to your final cost. Below is a list of currently active affiliations.

Amazon Affiliate Program, https://www.amazon.com (inactive, as of Jan 2020, however some links might still be present on some posts)
PHLEARN Affiliate Program, https://phlearn.com
KEH Camera, Used Cameras, Lenses and Gear for Sale

Amazon Services LLC Associates Program

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.