Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting Antony Spencer Photography (“company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us using the contact form on this website.
When you visit www.antonyspencer.com, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we describable our privacy policy. We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what nights you have in relationships to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through the website (www.antonyspencer.com), and/or related services, sales, marketing or events (referred to collectively in this privacy policy as the “Sites”).
Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you to make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.
Personal Information you disclose to us-
In short: We collect personal information that you provide us such as name, address, contact information, payment information, medical and dietary requirements (where appropriate) .
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide us when expressing an interest in or booking our products or services, when participating in activities on the Sites or otherwise contacting us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Sites, the choices you make and the products and features that you use. The personal information can include the following:
Name and Contact Data . We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number , and other similar contact data.
Medical and Dietary Information. We will collect information with regard to existing or relevant medical conditions including relevant dietary requirements when booking for tours.
Payment Data. We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make a purchase, such as your payment instrument number (such as credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data and is stored by our payment processor and you should review its policies and contact the payment processor directly yo respond to your questions.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected
In short: Some information - such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics - is collected automatically when you visit our sites.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Sites. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, broker and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Sites and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Sites, and for our internal analysts and reporting purposes.
Like many business, we also collect information through cookies or similar technologies. Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies this could affect certain features or services of our Sites.
How de we use you information
In short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfilment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and / or your consent.
We use personal information collected via our Sites for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests (“Business Purposes”), in order to ender into or performa contract with you (“Contractual”), with your consent “(Consent”) and/ or for compliance with our legal obligations (“Legal Reasons”). We include specific grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/ or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
To enforce our terms, conditions and policies.
To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold in order to determine how to respond.
Will your information be shared with anyone?
In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to protect your rights, or to fulfil business obligations.
We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:
Consent: We may process data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfil the terms of our contract.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, preventer take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities , or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:
Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing , data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Sites, which will enable them to collect data about how you track and interact with the Sites over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyse and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. We do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Who will you personal information be shared with?
In short: We only share information with the following third parties.
We only share and disclose your information with the following third parties. We have categorised each party so that you may easily understand the purpose of our data collection and processing practices. If we have processed your data based on your consent and your with to revoke your consent , please contact us.
Communication Mailgun
Content Opitimisation Google Site Search
Data Backup and Security Chris Davies Web Design
Invoice and Billing PayPal
Website Hosting TSO Host Services provided by Chris Davies Web Design
Website Performance Monitoring Google Analytics
Website Testing Chris Davies Web Design
Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?
In short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
Cookies used on our Sites
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are required in order for the website to work properly. If you do not allow these cookies, some parts of the website may not work properly, such as logging in, submitting forms, and other standard website behaviour. The only way to disable these cookies is via your browser settings.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies help us personalise content and functionality for you, including remembering changes you have made to parts of the website that you can customise, or selections for services made on previous visits. If you do not allow these cookies, some portions of our website may be less friendly and easy to use, forcing you to enter content or set your preferences on each visit.
Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us measure how visitors use our website, which pages are popular, and what our traffic sources are. This helps us improve how our website works and make it easier for all visitors to find what they are looking for. The information is aggregated and anonymous, and cannot be used to identify you. If you do not allow these cookies, we will be unable to use your visits to our website to help make improvements.
Is your information transferred internationally?
In short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.
Our servers are located in the United Kingdom, If you are accessing our Sites from outside the United Kingdom, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and will be processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information (see “WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE? above). Personal data will be shared in where reasonable to fulfil our business objectives and in locations where tours are organised - being United States, Canada, Australia, India, Japan, Kenya, Botswana amongst other countries.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area, then these countries may not have data protection or other laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We will however take necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable law.
European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses:
Such measures implementing the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for the transfers of personal information between our group companies and between us and our third party providers which require all such recipients to protect personal information that they process from the EEA in accordance with European data protection laws. Our Standard Contractual Clauses are available at www.anotnyspencer.com and can be provided upon request. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third party service providers and partners.
How long do we keep you information?
In short: We keep you information for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes outlines in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purpose set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us to keep your personal information for longer than 2 years.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete it or anonymise it, or if this is not possible (for example your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
How de we keep your information safe?
In short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we can not grantee the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Sites is at your own risk. You should only access services in a secure environment.
Do we collect information from minors?
In short: We do not knowingly collect data from children under 16yrs of age.
We do not knowingly solicit or data from or market to children under 16 years of age. By using the Sites, you represent that you are at least 16 years of age or that you are a parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Sites. If we learn that personal information from users less that 18 years of age has been collected, without a parent or guardian’s consent, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age of 16, please contact us at info@antonyspencer.com
What are your privacy rights?
In short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
In some regions (like the European Economic Area) you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. these may include the right (i) to request access an obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable to data portability. In certain circumstances you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use the contact details provided. We will consider any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal.
Controls for do not track features
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.
Do California Residents have specific privacy rights?
In short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also know as the “ Shine the Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year, free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident, and would like to make such a request please provide evidence of such along with your request in writing to the contact information provided below.
Do we make updates to this policy?
in short: Yes, we will update this policy as is necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy policy form time to time. The updated version will be indicated by a “Revised” date and the updated version will become effective as soon as accessible. If we make any material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently.
How can you contact us about this policy?
If you have any questions or comments about this policy, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), Antony Spencer electronically using the contact form on this website.
How can you review, update or delete the data we collect from you?
Based on the laws of some countries, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from ou, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request in writing to Antony Spencer using the contact details above. We will respond to your request within 30 days.