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Privacy Policy
Michele Johns Photography, LLC Privacy Policy
Welcome to Michele Johns Photography, LLC. As a client of the Michele Johns Photography, LLC company, your trust is our most important asset. We take the protection and proper use of your personal information seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information in our possession. To preserve your trust, we want you to understand what personal information we may collect from you, how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use of this information.
In this policy, "personal information" means any information by which you can be identified or contacted, such as your name (first and last), address (city, state, zip), email address, telephone number, etc.
This Privacy Policy governs your experience with us and on this website unless otherwise indicated.
Categories of Information We Collect
We collect personal information when communicating or interacting with you through MicheleJohnsPhotography.com. Some examples include:
- When you request that merchandise be sent to you or others, make purchases or returns with us, schedule an appointment or place an order with us online, via phone, mail, email or fax, or request an e-receipt
- Fulfilling orders you place and delivering packages
- Requesting information or other content and communications from us or when offering recommendations to you
- Subscribing to MicheleJohnsPhotography.com Email Updates (our email newsletter) or other communications from us or managing your preferences with us
- Your Financial Account numbers when transacting with us
- Interacting with our websites or mobile sites, mobile applications and services
- When you participate in any of our programs such as contests, sweepstakes, surveys, loyalty programs, programs etc.
- Working with our team who will assist you with your needs and purchases
- Through communications with you, or through the Michele Johns Photography, LLC company
- Contacting us with a comment, question or complaint
We may also collect personal information about you from other third parties, such as demographic firms, to make our future service and marketing efforts more efficient and personalized for you. We may combine all information we collect and we may disclose this information within our corporate company or our service providers. When you visit our websites we may also gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or other device identifiers, browser information, Internet Service Provider (ISP), operating system, location, date/time stamp and clickstream data.
How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information that we and our service providers collect to conduct our business and to provide you with the best possible products, services and experience. We may collect and use your information to provide you products and services, notify you of product recalls or safety issues, process membership requests when you apply or otherwise administer your participation in our programs, to respond to your comments, questions or complaints, determine your satisfaction with our programs and service, to personalize your experiences, if you ask us to, send you marketing communications and other information you have chosen to receive regarding our products, services, marketing or special events. We also use your personal information for our everyday business purposes such as security, payment processing, analytics, operations, fraud detection and prevention, reporting, making back-ups and legal compliance.
How We Share Your Information
To best serve you, we may share your personal information with other members of the Michele Johns Photography, LLC company and with service providers that provide support services to us or that help us market our products and services, administer our programs, operations, fulfill your requests, surveys, contests, sweepstakes and product reviews, or provide you with membership information. Service providers, third parties who perform services on our behalf, are contractually restricted from using your information in any manner other than in helping us to provide you with the products and services available from Michele Johns Photography, LLC. We may also, in certain instances, disclose your personal information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify you, contact you, to advise you of a product recall, detect and protect you or us from fraud or theft, manage information security or bring legal action to protect your rights or the rights of Michele Johns Photography, LLC or others. We may also disclose your personal information when you ask us to do so or when we believe it is required or permitted by law.
To best serve you, we record and access information in our database, including your name, address, telephone numbers, email address, interests, privacy preferences and purchase history. All Michele Johns Photography, LLC Team Members are expected to use our database in an ethical and appropriate manner. This includes only entering accurate client information, voluntarily given by you to the Salesperson, for the specific purpose of entering it into Personal Book or any other Michele Johns Photography, LLC-approved data device.
Our database allows our Team to follow through on our commitment to serving you in a professional manner, and we are dedicated to ensuring that the information you provide is protected and secure. Our database may be used for Michele Johns Photography, LLC-related purposes only.
Mobile Privacy
Michele Johns Photography, LLC offers mobile applications that allow you to shop online, check product availability, learn about company events, or receive other information from Michele Johns Photography, LLC. All personal information collected by Michele Johns Photography, LLC via our mobile application is protected by this Privacy Policy.
We may also update our mobile applications to offer automatic (or "push") notifications. We will provide push notifications only to those clients who opt-in to receive such notifications from Michele Johns Photography, LLC. If you have questions about location and notification privacy, please contact your mobile service provider or the manufacturer of you device to learn how to adjust your settings.
In the future, we may offer updated or enhanced versions of our mobile applications that include additional features created by us or using third party functionality. Our applications or the third party may automatically collect information about your precise location from your device, but only if you allow it.
Cookies and Other Similar Technologies
Our website uses "cookie" technology. We use cookies to identify your device, provide website user authentication, conduct fraud prevention and management services, distinguish you from other visitors, record your IP address and understand your use of our site, and identify the name of the Web site from which you linked to Michele Johns Photography, LLC. Information obtained through cookies may be shared with or obtained by service providers on our behalf. More information is available.
When you visit our website, we may use both a session and a persistent cookie. This Michele Johns Photography, LLC-placed cookie may contain information (such as a unique user ID) that is used to track your usage of our website and in some cases, your email address. Your email address is only saved in this Michele Johns Photography, LLC-placed cookie if you register with us.
We may use Flash Cookies (also known as Local Stored Objects) or other similar technologies. A Flash cookie is a small data file placed on a computer using Adobe Flash technology that may be built into your computer or downloaded by you to your computer. We use these technologies to personalize and enhance your online experience, facilitate processes, personalize and store your settings. Flash cookies may help our website visitors to, for example, set volume preference associated with a video experience, play games and perform surveys. They help us improve our sites by measuring which areas are of greatest interest to clients. We do not use Flash cookies for marketing or behavioral targeting purposes. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies and the cookie management tools provided by your browser will not remove Flash cookies. Learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies. If you disable Flash cookies or other similar technologies, please be aware that you may not have access to certain features and services that make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.
Third-Party Advertising Partners
We may use third-party service providers to serve advertisements (banners or links) on our behalf across the Internet.
These advertising service providers may collect non-identifiable information about your visits to our website, and your interactions with our products and services. Such non-identifiable information does not include your name, address, email address or other personal information. The information is collected through the use of cookies and pixel tags (also known as action tags), which is industry-standard technology used by most major websites.
In addition to the information about your visits to our website, our service providers may also use the information about your visits to other websites to target advertisements for products and services available from Michele Johns Photography, LLC.
If you would like more information about this please email us.
Facebook Custom Audience Ads from Michele Johns Photography, LLC
We may display interest-based ads to you when you are using Facebook through a tool offered by Facebook. This tool allows us to personalize our ads based on your shopping experience with us. We do not share any of your personal information, including your shopping history, with Facebook.
Social Media Interactions
Michele Johns Photography, LLC invites you to socialize and share your inspiration, finds and purchases with your friends using Social Media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. If you choose to use these tools, you may be sharing certain profile elements, including your comments. This sharing is subject to each social media program's privacy policies. We also use Facebook Social Plugins to allow Facebook to share information and friends' activities with its members while they are on our website. For example, Social Plugins allow Facebook to show you and your friends' "Likes" on our product pages if you are logged into Facebook while shopping at MicheleJohnsPhotography.com. Michele Johns Photography, LLC does not receive or control any of the content from Facebook Social Plugins. To remove a Facebook "Like" through Michele Johns Photography, LLC, place your cursor in the "grayed out" Like button and click on the "X" that appears. This removes the "Like" from your Facebook Page, as well as from Michele Johns Photography, LLC's websites. You can also delete comments made while at MicheleJohnsPhotography.com from your Facebook Page.
For more information about Facebook Social Plugins and other social media tools, please email us.
Links to Other Websites and Services
Websites provided by the Michele Johns Photography, LLC company may include links to other Internet sites, content, or videos (embedded or direct links) maintained by third parties ('Linked Sites'). Michele Johns Photography, LLC provides Linked Sites to you solely as a convenience, and the inclusion of Linked Sites does not imply endorsement by Michele Johns Photography, LLC of the Linked Sites. You access Linked Sites at your own risk and by accessing them you leave Michele Johns Photography, LLC's website. Linked Sites are not under the control of Michele Johns Photography, LLC and Michele Johns Photography, LLC is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including the privacy policies or tracking technologies they may use. We encourage you to check the applicable privacy policy to determine how they will handle any personally identifying information they collect from you.
Your Information, Your Choice
To update us with your preferences, you may contact us using one of the following methods:
Call 720-230-8060, or Email your request to privacy@michelejohnsphotography.com.
Please note your preference as stated below:
"I prefer not to receive email advertisements, such as updates regarding products and services, special promotions or upcoming events." (You may also click the designated link at the bottom of all MicheleJohnsPhotography.com email advertisements to be removed from future email updates.)
"I prefer not to receive direct mail advertisements, such as periodic catalogs and mailings regarding products and services, special promotions or upcoming events." (Please note that direct mail requests may take up to six to eight weeks to become effective.)
"I prefer not to receive marketing phone calls such as special events, special appearances, or promotions or new product arrivals from my salesperson or the company."
Your Access
We respect your need to be able to access and update the personal information that you have provided to us. If you have registered online, you may access and update your personal information at any time by logging into your account. You may also request access and update your personal information by email or writing to the Michele Johns Photography, LLC Privacy Office at the contact information set out above (subject to certain exceptions and as prescribed by law). We may request certain personal information to verify the identity of the individual seeking access to their personal information records.
Children's Privacy
Michele Johns Photography, LLC will never knowingly request or collect personal information from any person under 18 years of age without prior verifiable parental consent. If you are under 18 years old please do not provide your information on our website.
If we become aware that an individual is under the age of 18 and has submitted any information to Michele Johns Photography, LLC for any purpose without prior verifiable parental consent, we will delete his or her information from our files.
Security
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of personal information transmitted to us using this website. To help guard your information, our website uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). SSL encrypts your credit card number, name and address so only Michele Johns Photography, LLC is able to decode your information. Please note that email is not encrypted and is not considered to be a secure means of transmitting credit card information.
To be sure your connection is secure, look at the bottom status bar of your browser window. If you see an unbroken key or a closed lock (depending on your browser) the SSL is active and your information is secure. Most browsers offer additional security alerts as well. If for some reason you are unable to connect to our secure server, please call at 720-230-8060.
We also ask clients to carefully review their accounts and immediately report any unexpected activity to Michele Johns Photography, LLC and their issuing bank or credit card company. Additionally, we are asking all our clients to take measures to help protect personal
information in their online accounts, including the following:
Install the latest security updates and anti-virus software on your computer to help prevent malware and viruses
Reset your email account password
Use complex passwords (a minimum of 7 alpha/numeric case sensitive characters)
Do not use the same password on more than one website
Do not share your password with others
Password protect your personal mobile device(s)
Sign out/log off website sessions so that your session is closed and cannot be accessed by another user on the same computer, especially when using a public computer or terminal
Visit these additional resources:
○ https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips
○ http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/computer-security
○ http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/protect-pc.aspx
Fraud Alerts: Protecting Your Personal Information
Data Processing and Storage
Michele Johns Photography, LLC and its third party service providers may process or store your personal information outside of the United States or Canada and other countries. In accordance with the laws of those countries, in certain circumstances your personal information may be accessible by foreign law enforcement, regulatory bodies or other authorities. For more information of our use of foreign service providers please contact us as described below.
If you choose to provide Michele Johns Photography, LLC with personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers located in the United States. Michele Johns Photography, LLC adheres to the Principles as established by the U.S. Department of Commerce. We conduct an annual self-assessment to verify that we are in compliance with the Privacy Principles in addition to our own Michele Johns Photography, LLC privacy program assessments.
Policy Changes
This policy replaces all previous disclosures we may have provided you about our information practices. We reserve the right to change this policy, and to apply any changes to information previously collected, as permitted by law. If there are material changes to this policy or our information practices change in the future, we will notify you by posting the policy changes on our website.
Additional Information
If you're not comfortable shopping or booking online (and would prefer to make your purchase via telephone), just give us a call at 720-230-8060. Our team will be happy to assist you. For your convenience, Michele Johns Photography, LLC may link to unaffiliated third party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to unaffiliated third party websites.
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy please contact us at:
Michele Johns Photography, LLC Privacy
720-230-8060