Corporate > Privacy
Thank you for visiting AYOFOTO.COM. We know that you care how information about
you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust. This statement describes
our privacy policy. It applies only to AYOFOTO.COM, so if you visit sites that
we link to, be sure to check out their privacy policies. AYOFOTO.COM reserves
the right to revise this policy at any time without notification to you, so
please re-read it often in connection with your use of the AYOFOTO.COM website.
What personally identifiable information do we collect and
why?
We collect the personally identifiable information
that you submit on the registration form to permit you access to our site, and
to enable credit card verification, if applicable.
Generally, the
information AYOFOTO.COM collects helps us to provide you with the latest product
and promotional information we feel you may find useful and to communicate with
you regarding media licensed from or to you. For instance, we use your email
address to provide you email confirmation of your registration, confirmation of
media you have submitted to AYOFOTO.COM and to notify you of information
concerning our site. You can opt-in to receive our newsletter. This information
will not be sent to you if you ask us not to include your name on our mailing
lists. In many places where personal information is collected, we have a box
that you can check indicating that you would like to “opt out,” that
is, you do not wish to receive further information of the sort indicated. If you
have previously consented to have AYOFOTO.COM contact you and no longer wish to
be contacted, please send us an email at the address below.
We will
not share, rent or sell your personally-identifiable information with any
entity, subject to the provisions below. We may share your information with our
vendors in connection with system maintenance and other services that these
individuals or entities perform for us. In some cases, we may run a joint
marketing effort with third parties. You can tell when another company is
involved and if you provide personal information in connection with the joint
marketing efforts, the info you provide will be shared with that company. Also,
in the event that AYOFOTO.COM is acquired or merged with another company,
customer information will be one of the transferred assets. We also release
personal information when we believe it is necessary to comply with the law; to
enforce or to apply our Terms of Use and other agreements (including our Member
Agreement); or to protect the rights, property, or safety of AYOFOTO.COM, our
users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and
organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Use of Automatic Information and "Cookies"
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard
drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser
and to provide features like the welcome message and, eventually, your
customized AYOFOTO.COM home page. Further, to help us tailor our site to the
needs and interests of our visitors, or for other purposes, we may gather
aggregate, non-personally identifiable information via cookies. Examples include
the type of Internet browser our visitors are using, the frequency of visits to
our site and which pages our visitors viewed. We may share these aggregate
statistics with others. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and many
major web sites use them. Cookies stored on your computer do not contain any
personally identifiable information, other than your user name.
Children and AYOFOTO.COM
Children may use our site
by complying with our parental/guardian consent procedures found in the Terms of
Use for AYOFOTO.COM, but we don’t have any intention of collecting any
personally identifiable information from individuals under thirteen years of
age. If you are aware that a child has provided us with personally identifiable
information, please contact us at the email address listed at the bottom of this
Privacy Statement.
Updating or Deleting Your
Information
You can change or delete your
"optional" information in the My Account section. If you would like to
change or hide from the public your "required" information, please
contact us via email at admin@ayofoto.com.
Security
We understand that many consumers are
concerned about security on the Internet. The security of the information that
you provide to us is also very important to us. To prevent unauthorized
disclosure, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we
have in place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to
safeguard and secure any information we collect online. Our payment systems
vendor uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an advanced encryption protocol, to
scramble credit card information that you enter so that it cannot be read as it
is transmitted across the Internet. SSL is the recognized industry standard
worldwide for such sensitive transactions, enhancing safety when you shop with a
credit card on the web. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized
access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished
using a shared computer and do not opt to save your user name or password on
login to AYOFOTO.COM. In the event that our security system is breached, we will
attempt to notify you as soon as possible.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this
Privacy Statement, the practices of AYOFOTO.COM, or your dealings on our web
site, please email us at admin@ayofoto.com.