document: title: privacy and security
text: ## Security and Privacy

In this section...

  * Overview
  * Inappropriate or Copyrighted Content
  * Account Information



Related sections and links...

  * Lightbox
  * FTC's guide to safe surfing



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### Overview

Many web sites today collect information about their customers and this information can be used for a variety of purposes, some of which may be done without the customers explicit permission. As fellow citizens of the world wide web, we take this very seriously. Within this website there are several areas where you may need to enter information in order to complete orders and transactions and/or simplify your browsing and ordering experience.

We take our customers concerns about privacy and security very seriously and therefore we fully disclose what information is gathered and what it is used for. You can be assured that the information you provide is only used for legitimate reasons and we have taken steps to safeguard this information.

Security of your Personal and Financial Information

  * When submitting payment for an order, the payment processing is done by a repupolicy_texts, third party supplier with a proven track record and excellent security and anti-fraud protection. Your credit card details are never sent through e-mail and we never see them, unless you provide this to us over the phone. They are not kept on our database. We collect them only in order to process payment.
  * All transactions involving financial or sensitive information is done over encrypted pages using industry standard 128 bit SSL certificate. 
  * To know whether the page you are on is secure look for the 'closed padlock' icon on the bottom of your browser. Double clicking this icon will give you information about the certificate and its validity.
  * None of your personal information, such as phone number, email, address etc is kept on our server, although we may add you to our mailing list for future updates, should you wish.
  * The exception to this is if you setup an account with us and decide to keep this information on file voluntarily. In this case your credit card number is encrypted with a unique key that can only be accessed by account holders



#### Cookies

  * These personal details are kept only on your computers hard drive using a 'Cookie', a small text file that can be accessed by your browser the next time you log in. This is done purely as a way to make your viewing and shopping experience easier.
  * In order for you to retrieve the information in this cookie you will be asked to enter your e-mail address as an additional check that someone else is not using your computer to access our site.
  * Cookies are used in three areas on this site.
    * Your user profile enables you to check out faster and apply large discounts on volume orders.
    * The shopping cart feature uses a cookie to pass order information form one page to another.
    * The 'My Album' feature uses a cookie to remember the images in your album.



#### IP Logging

  * To ensure the integrity of the images on our site, your IP address may be logged in our database when downloading images. The IP address is a number assigned by your internet service provider and cannot identify you specifically. We do not share this address with anyone or use it for tracking.



#### Advertising / Newsletter

  * We do not advertise on this media gallery site directly, although some of our linked pages may contain banner or popup ads. 
  * If you have ordered from us in the past we will add you to our newsletter distribution. Should you wish to be removed just reply to any email from us with the phrase 'please remove' in the email. We will take you off the list for any future updates.
  * Otherwise you will always be asked before being added to our newsletter in the form of a checkbox on any form submissions.



#### Reselling or Marketing of your Personal Information

  * When we receive your order details we require personal information about you in order to process the order. Again, no financial information contained in these details is kept in our database.
  * We will never market, re-sell or use your information in any way other than to fulfill your order and to continue a business relationship with you.
  * If you have purchased products from us, we may from time to time send you information through e-mail on special offers or updates about our web based business. You can ask to be removed from this mailing list at any time and you will be removed, normally within 2 days.



### Inappropriate or Copyrighted Content

  * We do not market images which we deem to be inappropriate content. This includes pornography, gratuitous violence, racist or hate based images.
  * Some of our images may contain subject matter which some people may find tasteless or offensive. Our photographers may upload images from other parts of the world where certain customs or behaviors may have a different level of acceptance.
  * Some images may contain tasteful nudity, however any sections containing these sorts of images will be identified as such.
  * While we do our best to ensure material submitted by our contributing photographer is copyright safe, if you are concerned about an image you see on our site please let us know. We take these sorts of concerns very seriously.
  * Should you come across anything in this gallery which you think does not meet these criteria we encourage you to let us know.



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