PRIVACY POLICY

LAST UPDATED ON JANUARY 31, 2024

Alice Mae Photography respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal information provides to us when you access yourcinematiclife.com or alicemaephotography.com, purchase goods or services, or engage with us on social media, as well as your rights to the information we collect. Alice Mae Photography will not sell your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Any changes we make will become effective immediately upon publication on Our website, and you waive specific notice of any changes to the policy by continuing to use and access our site(s). You are deemed to have accepted any changes to our Privacy Policy by your continued use of our website after the revised Privacy Policy is posted.

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
We collect a variety of information from you when you visit our website(s), make purchases, or interact with us on social media. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you are consenting to our collection, use and processing of the data described below. The information we collect may include:

PERSONAL DATA
Personal data can include your name, shipping address, email address, telephone number, or demographic information like age, gender, or hometown. You consent to giving us this information by providing it to us voluntarily on our website, social media, or any mobile application. You provide some of this information when you register with or make purchases from our website. You may also provide this information by participating in various activities associated with our site(s), including responding to blogs, social media, or contacting us with questions. Your decision to disclose this data is entirely voluntary. You are under no obligation to provide this information, but your refusal may prevent you from accessing certain benefits from our website or from making purchases.

DERIVATIVE DATA
Derivative data is information that servers automatically collect about you when you access our website(s), such as your IP address, browser type, the dates and times that you access our website, and the specific pages You view. If you are using a mobile application, our servers may collect information about your device name and type, your phone number, your country of origin, and other interactions with our application. Derivative data may also include data collected by third-party service providers, such as advertising and analytics providers, and may include cookies, log data, or web beacons. Cookies are discussed more fully below. Derivative data collected by third-party service providers generally does not identify a specific individual.

FINANCIAL DATA
Financial data is data that is related to your payment method, such as credit card or bank transfer details. We collect financial data in order to allow you to purchase, order, return, or exchange products or services from our website(s) and any related mobile apps. We store limited financial data. Most financial data is transferred to our payment processor, Stripe, Apple Cash and Zelle. You should review these processors’ Privacy Policy to determine how they use, disclose, and protect your financial data.

SOCIAL NETWORKING DATA
We may access personal information from social networking sites and apps, including Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Twitter, Snapchat, or other social networking sites or apps not named specifically here, which may include your name, your social network username, location, email address, age, gender, profile picture, and any other public information. If you do not want us to access this information, please go to the specific social networking site and change your privacy settings.

MOBILE DEVICE DATA
If you use our website(s) via a mobile device or app, we may collect information about your mobile device, including device ID, model and manufacturer, and location information.

OTHER DATA
On occasion, you may give us additional data in order to enter into a contest or giveaway or to participate in a survey. You will be prompted for this information and it will be clear that you are offering this kind of information in exchange for an entry into such a contest or giveaway.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
Your information allows us to offer you certain products and services, including the use of our website(s), to fulfill our obligations to you, to customize your interaction with our company and our website(s), and to allow us to suggest other products and services we think might interest you. We generally store your data and transmit it to a third party for processing. However, to the extent we process your data, we do so to serve our legitimate business interests (such as providing you with the opportunity to purchase our goods or services and interact with our website(s) or mobile app).

 Specifically, We may use the information and data described above to:
1. Create and administer your account; and
2. Deliver any products or services purchased by you to you; and
3. Correspond with you; and
4. Process payments or refunds; and
5. Contact you about new offerings that we think you will be interested in; and
6. Interact with you via social media; and
7. Send you a newsletter or other updates about our company or website; and
8. Deliver targeted advertising; and
9. Request feedback from you; and
10. Notify you of updates to our product and service offerings; and
11. Resolve disputes and troubleshoot any problems; and
12. Administer contests or giveaways; and
13. Generate a profile that is personalized to you, so that future interactions with our website will be more personal; and
14. Compile anonymous statistical data for our own use or for a third party’s use; and
15. Assist law enforcement as necessary; and
16. Prevent fraudulent activity on our website(s) or mobile app; and
17. Analyze trends to improve our website and offerings.

GROUNDS FOR USING AND PROCESSING YOUR DATA
The information we collect and store is used primarily to allow us to offer goods and services for sale. In addition, Alice Mae Photography may collect, use, and process your information based on the following grounds:

LEGITIMATE BUSINESS INTERESTS
We may use and process your data for our legitimate business interests, which include, among other things, communicating with you, improving our goods or services, improving our website, and providing you with the information or products that you have requested.

Performance of a Contract: We may use and process your information to enter into a contract with you and to perform our contractual obligations to you.

Consent: We may use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, based on your consent to our use and sharing of that data. You may withdraw your consent at any time, but doing so may affect your ability to use our website(s) or other offerings.

As required by law: We may also use or process your data as required for us to comply with legal obligations.

WHY WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties in certain situations. In particular, we may share your data with third-party processors as needed to serve our legitimate business interests, which include administration of our website, administration of your account, entering into contracts with you, communicating with you, taking orders for goods or services, delivering our goods and services, identifying trends, protecting the security of our company and website(s), and marketing additional goods and services to you. The legal basis for our disclosure of your data is both your consent to this Privacy Policy and our own right to protect and promote our legitimate business interests.

The following are specific reasons why we may share your information:

Third Party Processing: We may disclose your information to third parties who assist us with various tasks, including payment processing, hosting services, email delivery, communications, and customer service. We may not always disclose these third-party processors if not required by law. We do not authorize them to use or disclose your personal information except in connection with providing our company with their services.

By Law: We may share your data as required by law or to respond to legal process, including a subpoena, or as necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of others. This includes sharing information with other parties to prevent or address fraud and to avoid credit risks.

To Protect Our Company: We may use your information to protect our company, including to investigate and remedy any violations of our rights or policies. We may also disclose your information as reasonably necessary to acquire and maintain insurance coverage, manage risks, obtain financial or legal advice, or to exercise or defend against legal claims.

Business Transfers: In the unlikely event our company engages in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy proceedings, dissolution, reorganization, or similar transaction or proceeding, we may transfer or share your data as part of that proceeding. In such transitions, customer information is one of the business assets that is acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such business transfers may occur and that your personal information can continue to be stored, used, or processed as otherwise set forth in this privacy policy.

Interaction With Others: If You interact with others on our website(s) or mobile app, such as leaving comments on blogs or social media, participating in a group chat or a group online course, other users may have access to some of your data, including your name, profile picture, and your history of interaction with our website, such as prior comments or posts.

Online Postings: When you post online, your posts may be viewed by others, and we may distribute your comments outside the website(s).

External Links: Our website(s) may include hyperlinks to other websites not controlled by us. We suggest you exercise caution when clicking on a hyperlink. Although we use reasonable care in including a hyperlink on our own web page, we do not regularly monitor the websites of these third parties and are not responsible for any damage or consequences you suffer by using these hyperlinks. We are not bound by the Privacy Policies of any third-party website that you access by a hyperlink, nor are they bound by ours. We encourage you to read the Policies of those third-party websites before interacting with them or making purchases. They may collect different information and by different methods than we do.

Other Purposes: We may disclose your personal data as necessary to comply with any legal obligation or to protect Your interests, or the vital interests of others or our company.

TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Log Files: Like many other websites, we make use of log files. These files merely log visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies: We also use cookies — small text files sent to Us by Your computer — and web beacons to store certain information. We may use cookies to authenticate your identity, to determine if you are logged onto our website(s), for personalization, for security, for targeted advertising, or for analysis of the performance of our website(s) and services. For example, cookies allow us to recommend blog posts to you based on what you have read on our site in the past. We use cookies that are not specific to your account but unique enough to allow us to analyze general trends and use, and to customize your interaction with our website(s). This information helps us to understand the use of our site and to improve our website(s) and service offerings.

We may use any or all of the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies: These cookies help us run our website(s) and improve your experience with our website. These cookies may allow content to load more quickly or allow you to access “members only” or repeat-users sections of our website(s).

Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow us to remember your preferences from earlier visits to our website(s), including login information, so that you do not have to input the same information multiple times.

Social Media Cookies: These cookies allow us to record when you have engaged with a social media tool while visiting our website. For example, we may record that you have “liked” a certain aspect of our website. The social media application may also share data with us that you have allowed it to share. If you wish to change your social media sharing settings, please visit the privacy settings of the social media network.

Advertising Cookies: We may work with third-party advertising partners who collect information about your browsing habits on our website(s) in order to later display a relevant ad about our services when you are on a third-party site such as a social media platform. These cookies may also allow Us to access Your location.


Email Confirmations: We may receive email confirmations when you open an email from us. This allows us to determine if users are responding favorably to our email communications and to improve those communications.

Other Technologies: Other data technologies may be used that collect comparable information for security, fraud detection, and similar purposes, to give us information about your use of our website(s), and to greater improve our website(s) and service offerings to you.

WEBSITE ANALYTICS
We may partner with third-party analytic companies, including Google Analytics. The analytic companies may also use cookies (described above) or other tracking technologies to analyze visitors’ use of our website(s) or mobile app to determine the popularity of the content, and better understand online activity. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, in order to access our website(s), you must consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party analytic companies. You should review their Privacy Policy and contact them directly if you have questions.


PROCESSING YOUR INFORMATION
For the most part, we do not process Your information in-house, but give it to third-party processors for processing. For example, when Stripe, Apple Cash or Zelle takes your payment information, they are a third-party processor. They process your payment and remit the funds to us. So in many instances, it will be necessary for us to transmit your information to a third-party processor, as we do not have the capability to perform these functions.

However, we may, from time to time, process your data internally. The legal basis for this processing is both your consent to the processing, our need to conduct our legitimate business interests, and to comply with legal obligations. Our purposes in processing this information, if we do, is to administer, maintain, and improve our website(s) and offerings, to enter into contracts with you, to fulfill the terms of those contracts, to keep records of our transactions and interactions, to be able to provide you with goods and services, to comply with our legal obligations, to obtain professional advice, and to protect the rights and interests of our company, our customers (including you), and any third parties. We may process the following data:

1. Data associated with your account, such as your name, address, email address, and payment information.
2. Data about your usage of our website(s), such as Your IP address, geographical information, and how long you accessed our website(s) and what you viewed.
3. Data related to your personal profile, such as your name, address, profile picture, interests and hobbies, or employment details.
4. Data that you provide us in the course of using our services.
5. Data that you post on our website, such as comments or responses to blogs.
6. Data that you submit to us when you make an inquiry regarding our website or offerings.
7. Data related to your transactions with us, including your purchase of our goods or services. This information may include contact details and payment information.
8. Data that you provide to us when you subscribe to our emails or newsletters, including your email address and contact information.
9. Data that you submit to us via correspondence, such as when you email us with questions.
10. Any other data identified in this policy, for the purpose of complying with our legal obligations, or to protect the vital interests of you or any other natural person.

INTERNATIONAL DATA
Our website is hosted by servers located in The United States of America. Therefore, if you reside outside The United States of America, some of your data will be transferred internationally to and stored on those servers. In addition, we may use third-party processors (including payment processors) and subcontractors located in The United States of America. We use all reasonable methods to protect the safety of your data during transfer, including hosting our website(s) on reputable servers and engaging reputable third-party processors. By using this site and providing Us with information, you consent to this transfer, processing, and storage of your information in The United States of America. Note that the privacy laws in The United States of America may not be as strict as those in other countries. Please be aware that:
● We may transfer data that we collect to locations outside of our headquarters for processing or storing, and the data may be processed by Our staff or by third-party processors. For example, we may engage third parties to fulfill orders. By submitting Your personal data, You agree to this transfer, storing, and processing. We take all reasonable steps to make sure Your data is treated securely and in conformity with this Privacy Policy.
● Data that is provided to Us is stored on secure servers. Payment information and other sensitive data will be encrypted to ensure its safety.
● The transmission of data via the internet is never completely secure, and We cannot guarantee the security of data that is sent to Us electronically. Your transmission of data to Us is at Your own risk.
● Where data that You have transmitted to Us is password protected, You are responsible for keeping the password confidential. You are exclusively responsible for any breaches of Your data that results from Your own disclosure of or failure to protect Your password.


SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data and keep your information secure. We use recognized online secure payment systems and implement generally accepted standards of security to protect against personal data loss or misuse. However, no security measure is foolproof, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or misuse. We cannot guarantee complete security of any information you transmit to us.

By consent to this Privacy Policy, You acknowledge that Your personal data may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of your data by other parties.

We will notify you promptly of any known breach of our security systems or your data which might expose you to serious risk.

CHILDREN
This website or mobile app is not designed for use by children. We do not knowingly solicit personal data from anyone under the age 18. If You are under age 18, do not access or use our website(s) or related products or services.

SENSITIVE DATA
We request that you do not submit any sensitive data to us, via public postings, email correspondence with us, or any other method, including social security number, health data, genetic data, or information related to your ethnic origin, religious beliefs, or criminal history. If you do send us this information, then by doing so you are consenting to our use, storage, and processing of this information in accordance with this privacy policy.

YOUR RIGHTS
You have certain rights with respect to your personal data, as outlined below. Note that we may charge you a reasonable fee for actions that you ask us to take with respect to your data. In addition, we reserve the right to request that you provide us with evidence of your identity before we take any action with respect to the exercise of your data rights. Further, your rights may be restricted or nullified to the extent they conflict with our compelling business interests, the public interest, or the law.

UPDATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION
You have the right to update or change any information you have provided to us. To update or delete your information, please contact us at alice@alicemaephotography.com

Emails and Communications: You may opt out of receiving future email correspondence from Us by checking the appropriate box when you register for the account or make a purchase. You may change your communication settings by contacting us at alice@alicemaephotography.com

Marketing Communications: You may opt out of receiving any third-party marketing communications or having Your personal information used for marketing purposes. You may do this by contacting Us at alice@alicemaephotography.com


NEWSLETTER PRIVACY
We offer the opportunity for you to volunteer certain information to us that is used for email and marketing purposes. This information includes, but is not limited to, your name and email. You will have an opportunity to unsubscribe from any future communications via email, but we reserve the right to maintain a database of past email subscribers. We reserve the right to use this information as reasonably necessary in our business and as provided by law. Your information will be shared with reasonably necessary parties for the ordinary course of conducting our business, such as through Facebook and Instagram ads or Google Pay Per Click marketing campaigns. We do not ever sell your information to third parties.