Privacy Policy:
BKA Photo Studio & Media ("BKA Photo Studio & Media") operates bkaphoto.com and may operate other websites. It is BKA Photo Studio & Media's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, BKA Photo Studio & Media 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. BKA Photo Studio & Media's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how BKA Photo Studio & Media's visitors use its website. From time to time, BKA Photo Studio & Media may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
BKA Photo Studio & Media also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on bkaphoto.com blogs/sites. BKA Photo Studio & Media 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 BKA Photo Studio & Media's websites choose to interact with BKA Photo Studio & Media in ways that require BKA Photo Studio & Media to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that BKA Photo Studio & Media gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at bkaphoto.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with BKA Photo Studio & Media are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, BKA Photo Studio & Media collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with BKA Photo Studio & Media. BKA Photo Studio & Media 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.
Aggregated Statistics
BKA Photo Studio & Media may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. BKA Photo Studio & Media may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, BKA Photo Studio & Media does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
BKA Photo Studio & Media 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 BKA Photo Studio & Media's behalf or to provide services available at BKA Photo Studio & Media'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 BKA Photo Studio & Media's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. BKA Photo Studio & Media 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, BKA Photo Studio & Media discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when BKA Photo Studio & Media believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of BKA Photo Studio & Media, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an BKA Photo Studio & Media website and have supplied your email address, BKA Photo Studio & Media 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 BKA Photo Studio & Media 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. BKA Photo Studio & Media 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. BKA Photo Studio & Media uses cookies to help BKA Photo Studio & Media identify and track visitors, their usage of BKA Photo Studio & Media website, and their website access preferences. BKA Photo Studio & Media visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using BKA Photo Studio & Media's websites, with the drawback that certain features of BKA Photo Studio & Media's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If BKA Photo Studio & Media, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that BKA Photo Studio & Media 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 BKA Photo Studio & Media may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
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 BKA Photo Studio & Media and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, BKA Photo Studio & Media may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in BKA Photo Studio & Media's sole discretion. BKA Photo Studio & Media encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a bkaphoto.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.