Last updated: 1 March 2021
At Samscapes Photography the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us (See this article to learn more about Privacy Policies.) Samscapes Photography shall take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information of users.
For the purpose of this clause, “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA). The PAIA may be downloaded here:
This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by Samscapes Photography and how it is used. By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
Collection of Personal Information
While using this website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to things such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.
Anonymous demographic data, which is not unique to you, may also be collected such as your location, age, gender, preferences and interests. This is largely dependent on setting on your device and which media you may have used to access this website.
Log Files
Like many other Web sites, Samscapes Photography makes use of log files (log data). These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( “IP” ) addresses, type of browser, browser version, internet service provider (“ISP”), date/time stamp, referring website addresses, pages of this website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and number of clicks and other statistics.
This information is used for the administration of the service, to maintain quality of the service, to analyze trends, to track user’s movement around the site, to gather demographic information and to provide general statistics regarding use of this website.
IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies and Web Beacons
“Cookies” are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Like many sites, Samscapes Photography uses cookies to collect and store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize web page content based on visitors browser type, or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to Samscapesphotography.co.za and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Other Third-Party’s
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Samscapes Photography, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Samscapes Photography has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Samscapes Photography does not knowingly collect any personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information such as encryption and other security, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date recorded at the top of this document and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.
We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of this website after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgement of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website..
Online Privacy Policy Only
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Samscapes Photography. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms of Use.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.