Mattia Bicchi is committed to safeguarding the privacy of all website visitors; this policy sets out how your personal information will be handled.
(1) What information does Mattia Bicchi Photography collect?
Mattia Bicchi Photography may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation).
(b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and Mattia Bicchi Photography on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services.
(c) information that you provide to Mattia Bicchi Photography for the purpose of registering with or submitting an enquiry via the contact form(s) included on this website or comment form(s) included in our blog
(d) information that you provide to Mattia Bicchi Photography for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters
(e) any other information that you choose to send to Mattia Bicchi Photography
(2) Cookies
(a) A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser. Mattia Bicchi Photography may use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. We may use persistent cookies to enable our website to recognise you when you visit. Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date. Google Analytics is used to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third-party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking Tools, Internet Options, Privacy, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
(b) This website is hosted by Squarespace whose Cookie Policy can be found here: https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy
(3) Using your personal information
Personal information submitted to Mattia Bicchi Photography via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website;
(b) send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website;
(c) send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;
(d) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
(e) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
(f) send to you newsletters and other marketing communications relating to Mattia Bicchi Photography which we think may be of interest to you, and where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform Mattia Bicchi Photography at any time if you no longer require marketing communications)
(g) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website
Where you submit personal information for publication on Mattia Bicchi Photography's website (e.g. blog comments), Mattia Bicchi Photography will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to Mattia Bicchi Photography.
Mattia Bicchi Photography will NEVER without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.
(4) Disclosures
Mattia Bicchi photography may disclose your personal information:
(a) to the extent that Mattia Bicchi Photography is required to do so by law;
(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
(d) to any person who Mattia Bicchi Photography reasonably believes may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information
Except as provided in this privacy policy, Mattia Bicchi Photography will NOT provide your information to third parties.
(5) Storage and security of your personal information
Mattia Bicchi Photography will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and Mattia Bicchi Photography cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
(a) Where products, goods or services are purchased from the website of Mattia Bicchi Photography, transactions will be made via the website host Squarespace. Your personal information will be subject to Squarespace's privacy policy which may or may not contain terms as protective as those laid out in this privacy policy. By using the website for Mattia Bicchi Photography you are agreeing to be bound by Squarespace's privacy policy which can be found here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/
(b) Where personal information is provided for registering to any mailing list the provided data is handled and stored by hosts MailChimp whose privacy policy can be found here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
(6) Policy amendments
Mattia Bicchi Photography may update this privacy policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
(7) Your rights
You may instruct Mattia Bicchi Photography to provide you with any personal information that is stored about you. Provision of such information will be subject to:
(a) the payment of a fee (currently fixed at €10.00); and
(b) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, Mattia Bicchi Photography will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
Mattia Bicchi Photography may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.
You will be required to agree in advance to use your personal information for marketing purposes. You may instruct Mattia Bicchi Photography not to process your personal information for marketing purposes by email at any time.
(8) Third-party websites
The website contains links to other websites. Mattia Bicchi Photography is not responsible for third-party websites’ privacy policies or practices.
(9) Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information which Mattia Bicchi Photography holds about you needs to be corrected or updated.
(10) Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the treatment of your personal information, please write to Mattia Bicchi Photography by email via the contact form or directly to info@mattiabicchiphotography.com.
(11) Data controller
The data controller responsible respect of the information collected on this website is Mattia Bicchi of Mattia Bicchi Photography.