At PanoHouse, we fully respect the privacy of everyone who uses our web site. As a PanoHouse user, you can be assured that any information you provide will be vigorously protected by us and will not be disclosed to third parties.
Based on the Privacy Act (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, 2000 c.5.) we have adopted the following Privacy Policy for your protection and safety.
This Privacy Policy applies to PanoHouse only, and is designed to inform you on how we gather information, the reasons for requesting this information, the manner in which it will be used, and the steps we take to protect it.
You are under no obligation to provide us with any personal information. You are free to browse our web site without registering. After registration, members can change any of their information (with the exception of the user name) at any time by visiting the My Account area of our web site and deleting any or all information.
- to be a member of PanoHouse, complete the registration form. The sole purpose of this registration is to collect personal information that will serve to identify you or your business which includes your: name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. We will keep this personal information only after you have specifically, knowingly, and willingly provided it.
- all communications posted in the forums become visible to the public. Therefore any information you disclose or post can be collected and used by other parties. If you disclose your personal information, we cannot control and will not be responsible for how third parties will use your personal information.
- during registration you will need to create a unique user name. This user name will allow you access to the member-only areas of our web site. It does not personally identify you, as it will be used on this web site only for the albums you create and maintain. If you are concerned about your privacy, do not choose a user name that can potentially and easily identify you.
- when you register and voluntarily provide information to us , you are giving your consent to the collection and use of your personal information as described in this privacy policy.
Your personal information will be used to:
- Respond to your questions or comments.
- Send you e-mail reminders of the expiration date of your storage space subscription or to advise you of low storage space.
- Notify you of new or existing products and services, special offers, promotions, interesting events, fresh resource articles and other types of information that may be of interest to you.
- Contact you regarding your account details.
- Announce contests, select entrants, and choose prizewinners.
- Run forums or other areas of interaction with other members.
- Maintain aggregated data on website usage.
- your e-mail address will never be given, rented, distributed or sold to third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information in specific circumstances set out below.
a) To facilitate communication between buyers and sellers: when image buyers post a customized request, their e-mail address will be shared with our Panographer members so that they can respond to a customer's request by e-mail.
b) To authenticate contests: if you enter and win a contest, your name and city of residence may be published on our web site. (This will be clearly defined in our contest rules.)
c) To conduct market research: if necessary, demographic information will be shared with third parties such as market researchers, but only in the form of aggregated data. This helps us (and our partners) to better understand our members so that we can improve our products and services.
d) To comply with the law: Personal information will have to be disclosed in cases of emergency, or in cases where the government or any other legal authority requests it.
e) To adapt to business changes: we may disclose personal information to third parties in connection with a corporate re-organization, merger or amalgamation, or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, provided that the personal information disclosed is used only for the purposes stipulated in this Privacy Policy which must be respected by the entity acquiring this information.
- in addition, we collect non-personal identifiable information. This information does not identify you personally, but becomes available to us as a result of your visit to our web site. This information includes your: IP address, Internet Service Provider and Web browser. Non-personal information is used to compile statistics and reports that contain only aggregated information, and only for purposes of enhancing our web site’s products and services. Usage statistics may be shared with advertisers.
- we may use cookies on our site. Cookies are small text files used by a web browser to recognize you as a repeat user of our site. To stop cookies from being used, disable the cookies feature within your web browser.
- we implement reasonable precautions and control measures to ensure that your information is securely maintained by keeping it behind a firewall.
- any changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted on our web site in the Privacy Policy section. If your personally identifiable information needs to be disclosed differently than stated herein, we will notify you by e-mail.
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