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Privacy Policy

Effective date: December 12, 2018

Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc ("us," "we," or "our") operates the https://www.phototerra.com website (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding collecting, using, and disclosing personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to this policy's collection and use of information. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://www.phototerra.com.

Definitions

Service

Service is the https://www.phototerra.com website operated by Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc.

Personal Data

Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data

Usage Data is data collected automatically, either generated by the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Data Controller

Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and how personal information is processed.

For this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)

Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.

We may use the services of various Service Providers to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject (or User)

Data Subject is any living individual using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection and Use

We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our service.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may interest you. You may opt out of receiving any or all communications from us by contacting us.

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Location Data

We may use and store information about your location if you permit us to do so ("Location Data"). We use this data to provide our Service's features and improve and customize our Service.

You can enable or disable location services using our Service anytime through your device settings.

Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include a unique anonymous identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies, such as beacons, tags, and scripts, are also used to collect and track information and improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, you may not use some portions of our Service if you do not accept cookies.

Examples of Cookies we use:

Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data

Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service.
To notify you about changes to our Service.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
To provide customer support.
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service.
To monitor the usage of our Service.
To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events that we offer similar to those you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc's legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc may process your Personal Data because:

We need to perform a contract with you.
You have permitted us to do so
The processing is in our legitimate interests; your rights do not override it.
To comply with the law.

Retention of Data

Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc will retain your Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally kept for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or improve our Service's functionality, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for more extended periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by submitting such information, represents your agreement to that transfer.

Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and by this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Data

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc may be required to disclose your Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

To comply with a legal obligation.
To protect and defend the rights or property of Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc.
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
To protect against legal liability.

Security of Data

Your data's security is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

If you are a European Economic Area (EEA) resident, you have certain data protection rights. Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit your personal data use.

If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or delete our information on you. You can access, update, or request the deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section whenever possible. If you cannot perform these actions yourself, please get in touch with us to assist you.

The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.

The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent when Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc relies on your support to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. Please get in touch with your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA) for more information.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or help us analyze how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. For example, Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its advertising network.

You can opt out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page.

Clicky is also a web analytics service. Read the Privacy Policy for Clicky.

Statcounter is a web traffic analysis tool. You can read their Privacy Policy here.

Behavioral Remarketing

Phototerra Studio Toronto Inc uses remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites to you after visiting our Service. Our third-party vendors and we use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.

Google Inc. provides Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service. You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page.

Google also recommends installing your web browser's Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on allows visitors to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page.

Microsoft Inc. provides Bing Ads remarketing service. You can opt out of Bing Ads interest-based ads by following their instructions. In addition, you can learn more about Microsoft's privacy practices and policies by visiting their Privacy Policy page.

Twitter Inc. provides Twitter remarketing service. You can opt out of Twitter's interest-based ads by following their instructions. In addition, you can learn more about the privacy practices and policies of Twitter by visiting their Privacy Policy page.

Facebook Inc. provides Facebook remarketing service. You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page. To opt out of Facebook's interest-based ads, follow these instructions from Facebook. In addition, Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance of the USA, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe, or opt out using your mobile device settings. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy.

Pinterest Inc. provides a Pinterest remarketing service. You can opt out of Pinterest's interest-based ads by enabling your web browser's "Do Not Track" functionality or by following their instructions. You can learn more about the privacy practices and policies of Pinterest by visiting their Privacy Policy page:

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that we do not operate. You will be directed to that third-party's site if you click a third-party link. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for any third-party sites or services' content, privacy policies, or practices.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 18. However, if you are a parent or guardian and know your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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.

We will inform you via email and a prominent notice on our Service before the change becomes effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please get in touch with us:

By email: info@phototerra.com
By visiting this page on our website
By phone number: 416.479.0724