This privacy policy sets out how Swiss Photo Club uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.
Swiss Photo Club is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Swiss Photo Club may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 01 May 2022.
Who we are
Website URL : https://www.swissphotoclub.com
- Romandie: https://genevaphotoclub.com
- Swiss German: https://zurich.swissphotoclub.com
Address
Swiss Photo Club Sàrl
Rue Henri-Christiné 5,
1205 Genève
UID: CHE-227.963.843
Phone: 0800 800 472
When do we collect your data
We collect your data when you give it to us: Usually via:
- Booking or ordering one of our services or products
- Register to our newsletter
- Ask for support from website contact form or online chat.
We only ask to fill in necessary details like: your name, email address and telephone number.
All card transactions are processed securely by Stripe or Checkout.
During and after the transaction we don’t store customers bank account details or credit card numbers. Our customers don’t need to worry that any of their financial information could be exposed online or in public.
What we collect
We may collect the following information during course registration or when you use a contact form:
- your first and last name,
- contact information including telephone number and email address,
- demographic information such as address, postcode, preferences and interests,
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers,
- course testimonials and customers feedback,
- photographs of course attendees and photographs taken by course attendees.
Please note that we do not collect or store customers bank account details or credit card numbers. When you enter a credit card on our website, the data is transmitted directly to a third party that we work with (e.g. Stripe Inc., Paypal, etc).
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- internal record keeping,
- we may use the information to improve our courses, web pages, products and services,
- we may periodically send promotional emails about new courses, products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided,
- from time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail. We may use this information to customise the website according to your interests.
When do we share your information with other parties?
- Provide or perform our services: We use services like Stripe or PayPal to offer various payment options.
- Improving our services, our site or our advertising: We use third-party software to determine how much you want a new product page.
- Get feedback: We sometimes use survey companies to find out how satisfied you are with our services.
- Execute a legal obligation : A court order can obligate us to share your information with the police.
Requesting deletion of your data:
Using our contact page, you can request deletion of your data, if the following conditions are met:
- You are not registered to a future class or an event
- Your payment balance with us is zero.
Please note that a period of 30 days may be required to completely delete the data attached to your account. Without a specific request from you, Swiss Photo Club will automatically delete all of your data six months after termination of your account. You will not be able to access your account and its payment history once it is deleted.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
In order to help us improve and to analyse data we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that helps us understand how visitors engage with our website. Thanks to Google Analytics we can view a variety of reports about how visitors interact with our website and they help us to improve it. Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports our website trends without identifying individual visitors. For more information please visit Google’s privacy policy page at:http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
One of Google’s goals is to give users meaningful choices to protect their privacy. Some of their most popular tools that help you control your information can be found at:http://www.google.com/privacy/tools.html
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, you can also indicate in message box that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us at hello@swissphotoclub.com
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.