Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 15, 2024

At Steady Glade ("we," "us," or "our"), we are committed to protecting your privacy and personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at steadyglade.sbs (the "Site") or use our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site or use our services.

1. Information We Collect

1.1. Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Fill out forms on our Site (such as contact forms, booking requests, etc.)
• Subscribe to our newsletter or blog
• Register for our services
• Request information about our photography services
• Engage with us through social media
• Enter a contest, promotion, or survey

The personal information we may collect includes:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Mailing address
• Payment information (when purchasing our services)
• Social media profiles (if you choose to connect them)
• Photographs, videos, or other content you share with us
• Any other information you choose to provide

1.2. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns. This information may include:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Device information
• Pages you visit on our Site
• Time and date of your visits
• Referring website addresses
• Other browsing or usage data

1.3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us provide you with a better browsing experience. They allow us to recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Site to function properly and cannot be turned off in our systems.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Site. This helps us improve the way our Site works.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable the Site 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.
• Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Site may become inaccessible or not function properly.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our Site and services
• Process and fulfill your requests, bookings, or transactions
• Communicate with you about appointments, services, promotions, and events
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages
• Respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests
• Understand your preferences to enhance your experience with our services
• Develop new products, services, and features
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
• Protect the rights, property, and safety of our clients, ourselves, and others
• Comply with legal obligations
• Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it or for which we have your consent

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

3.1. Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf. These may include payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

3.2. Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider, your information may be transferred as part of such a transaction.

3.3. Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests, or to exercise or protect our legal rights.

3.4. With Your Consent

We may share your information with your consent or at your direction, such as when you authorize a third-party service to access your account.

3.5. Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners (such as venues, event planners, or other vendors) to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

4. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

4.1. Access and Update

You can review and update certain account information by logging into your account or by contacting us directly.

4.2. Opt-Out

You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the instructions in those communications or by contacting us. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

4.3. Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect certain features of our Site.

4.4. Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" ("DNT") signal. We currently do not respond to DNT signals.

4.5. Data Subject Rights

Depending on your location (particularly if you are in the European Economic Area, UK, or California), you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access personal information we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate personal information
• The right to request deletion of your personal information
• The right to object to processing of your personal information
• The right to restrict processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.

5. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Site and services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us.

8. Third-Party Websites

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications. This Privacy Policy applies only to our Site and services. When you click on a link to any other website or application, you will leave our Site and go to another site where different privacy policies may apply. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

9. International Transfers

Your information 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 from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information to the UK and process it there.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

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