Privacy Policy

Michael Hill Black and White Photograpy is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Information we request for the purposes of using this website or making purchases, by which you can be identified, will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Collection of Information
This website collects personally identifiable information, like names, postal addresses, email addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by our visitors. The information you provide is used ONLY to fulfill your specific request. For example, your mailing address is collected when you make a purchase from this website, and then it is only ever used to contact you concerning your order.  We do not sell our information to 3rd parties, and will not use your information for the purposes for other purposes without your explicit consent.

Tracking and Google Analytics
This website may use cookies and/or tracking technologies to assist in your use of the website (e.g., storing login passwords at your request) or for gathering information on how visitors use the website.  Google provides this analysis to Michael Hill Black and White Photography based on a product called "Google Analytics" this information contains NO discernable reference to you as an individual, but provides us with anonymous technical information regarding visitor counts, web page usage, and other related analytical data about how our website is used.

Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are saved on your computer to store certain choices that you may make when navigating this website. Most of the cookie functionality  will be used in the shopping cart on this website.   Without cookies, shopping carts would be an unweildy and frustrating experience unless every unregistered visitor first set up an account.

Third-Party Cookies
In addition to the cookies used by our shopping cart, we may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Specifically, Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our visitors based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Shopping
In order to use the shopping cart on this website, cookies must be enabled in your browser. Cookies ARE NOT used for any purpose that compromises your privacy. They are only used to remember your shopping cart ID and the items that you have added to it. You may remove cookies stored on your computer at any time, using the Internet options capabilities of your particular web browser (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc)

Of course, if you are interested in purchasing prints, but prefer not to use the shopping cart system on this website, you can contact me by email with your order.  Make sure you include the print name and id, print size and and your contact information, including telephone number.  Please do not send payment information through the email contact form.  I will contact you directly by phone at the appropriate time.

Payment information that is gathered by the shopping cart when you are ready to pay for your items are handled through PayPal's secure servers. Michael Hill Black and White Photography will not, at any time, have access to your credit card information. Once you have completed payment, I am sent an email from PayPal with a list of the prints that you have ordered, and your mailing address and email address. Your payment is deposited by PayPal in to my PayPal account.

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 read the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

How To Contact Us
If you have any further questions/comments about privacy, please contact me.