Privacy Policy
Digital Storm Video & Photo
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dstormvideophoto.com is produced by Digital Storm Video & Photo. (“Digital Storm Video & Photo”). This Privacy Policy contains important information; please read it carefully. We also encourage you to review our Terms of Service.
Because the success of dstormvideophoto.com(the “Site”) is dependent on building and maintaining goodwill with our users, we are committed to implementing measures designed to respect and protect your privacy. Moreover, we see it as our responsibility to set an example, and to help establish standards for privacy on the Internet.
dstormvideophoto.comrespects the privacy of visitors to our web site. While we do collect information from our users, we do not release personally identifiable information without your permission, except as set forth within this Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Service.
dstormvideophoto.comreviews its privacy practices from time to time. We ask that you bookmark and periodically review this page for updates to our Privacy Policy. To contact dstormvideophoto.com about privacy issues, to report a violation of our Privacy Policy, or to raise any other issue, please e-mail us at privacy@dstormvideophoto.com
| The Information We Gather | Top |
The Site gathers two types of information about users:
Non-personally identifiable information is information that does not identify a specific individual. When a visitor arrives at our site, we collect the IP address, operating system and browser software used. An IP address (which is not the same as an e-mail address) can tell us the user's internet service provider and, based on that, can suggest the geographic location of the connection. We also collect information about which pages they visit, the order in which they were visited, and which hyperlinks they "click".
For the same purposes, we use "cookies" -- small text files placed on your computer's hard drive -- to help track your usage of our Site, including what advertising you have seen. Cookies don't include personal information about you, but they are unique to each user, which lets the Site computers distinguish between visitors, and personalize your experience if you have previously provided information about yourself. Cookies are only read by the Site computer that placed them, and cannot execute any code or virus.
Most web browsers give you the ability to control whether, and to what extent, they will accept cookies. For more information on how to do this, please refer to your browser's documentation. (Note: if you disable or limit cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts of the Site). Non-personally identifiable information also includes personally identifiable information of many people that has been aggregated to arrive at a general statistic; an example might be the number of female users who visit a particular part of the dstormvideophoto.com site in a particular week.
Personally Identifiable Information is information that relates to an identified individual. Certain areas of the Site -- for example, when purchasing a product -- may require you to supply personally identifiable information. Such information might include your name, street address, email address, telephone number, and when applicable, credit card information.
The Site is not targeted to children (minors under thirteen years of age), and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children without obtaining parental consent. Before entering the Site, we ask that children have their parents read our Privacy Policy.
The Site does not control the acts of its visitors. You should be aware that, if you disclose personally identifiable information on a bulletin board or in a chat room, guestbook, or other forum, others may collect that information and use it to send you unsolicited e-mail from outside the Site, or for other purposes. In the event that you encounter any Site user who is improperly collecting or using information about you or other users, please contact privacy@dstormvideophoto.com.
| How We Use (and Do Not Use) the Information We Gather. | Top |
- Non-personally
identifiable information: We may use non-personally identifiable
information in aggregate form to build higher-quality, more useful
services by performing statistical analyses of users' activities, and by
measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the Site.
We also use the aggregate data to inform these third parties as to the
number of people who have seen and clicked on links to their web sites.
We collect non-personally identifiable information and aggregate it, in order to analyze general trends and usage patterns. This information helps us determine how our site is being used, helps us identify popular areas, and helps determine the effectiveness of our promotional activities. All of this lets us build higher-quality, more useful services. We provide statistical information based on this data to advertisers, affiliates, and other current and potential business partners.
- Personally identifiable information: If we collect any personally identifiable information, we may use this information in a number of ways:
- to customize various aspects of the Site to your preferences; and
- to determine which advertisements or sponsor messages
will appear on your screen;
to periodically send information and announcements. You may "opt out" of receiving these materials as provided below. - if you do not "opt out" of receiving promotional materials (as discussed below), we can release personally identifiable contact information regarding you to third parties who provide goods or services that we believe may be of interest to you;
- to our contractors and consultants, and professional advisors (such as attorneys or accountants), but only to the extent necessary for them to perform services on our behalf, and only under reasonable confidentiality restrictions;
- as required by law, including court and governmental orders, and civil subpoenas;
- as we reasonably feel is necessary to protect our systems or business; and
- if you partake (or we reasonably suspect that you are partaking) in any illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order, to the extent we feel is necessary to inform, and cooperate with, law enforcement agencies or other appropriate authorities.
We can disclose your personally-identifiable information to third parties as follows:
Except as provided above, we will not release your credit card information to any third party unless necessary to complete a transaction between you and the third party.
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If The Site contains links to other Internet web sites, which may include co-branded or other affiliated sites, unless otherwise explicitly stated, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites, including such sites' use of any information.
Keep in mind that, while Site encourages all third parties involved -- such as our affiliates and advertisers -- to adhere to our policies regarding our users' privacy and to otherwise handle personal information in a responsible manner, we cannot and do not assume any responsibility for any acts or omissions of third parties, including the manner in which they use information received either from the Site or independently. Nevertheless, in the event you encounter any third party associated with the Site (or who claims association with the Site) who you feel is improperly collecting or using information about you, please contact privacy@dstormvideophoto.com and we will be happy to forward your message to the third party.
| Changing or deleting personal information. | Top |
We do not not store any personally identifiable information submitted through The Site
into our own database and we do not store and collect credit card numbers and related data; if Credit Card transactions are employed
on our site the credit card data is used for verification and completion of card transactions by the credit card company, or its
affiliates, as required, to complete the transaction and we therefore are not responsible for
any policies regarding their use and storge of such personally indentifiable information.
If in the future, should we store personally identifiable information in our own database
and you would like such information removed, please contact us at privacy@dstormvideophoto.com and we will
use reasonable efforts to comply with your request. Keep in mind, however, that
there will be residual information that will remain within the sites web access logs, and other records, which may or may not contain such
personally identifiable information. The residual information will not be used
for commercial purposes; however, we reserve the right, from time to time, to
re-contact former dstormvideophoto.com users.
| Questions? | Top |
Questions regarding our Privacy Policy should be directed to privacy@dstormvideophoto.com.