DISCLOSURE POLICY
This is a personal blog written and edited by Bijan Seyfzadeh. For questions about this blog, please contact [email protected]
TERMS OF USE
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted, all content and photography is © 2016-2018 bijansviewfinder.com
The use of this website does not grant ownership of the content accessed by you. The content on the website may only be used for personal and non-commercial purposes. Intellectual property legends or notices may not be altered or removed. The content on the website may not be modified, transmitted, distributed, reposted, reused or used for derivative works for any commercial purposes.
Please do not reproduce any text or photographs without prior written consent from me. For inquiries regarding the use, reproduction or purchase of photography seen here, please email at [email protected]
Every effort is made to provide accurate and current information. However, use of the information and website is entirely at your own risk and responsibility. There are no warranties offered with the content on the website. The content is subject to change without notice. There is no responsibility or liability for the accuracy, legality, and reliability of the content and any other materials found on the Website.
Any trademarks displayed on the Website or on Content may not be used unless otherwise authorized by the trademark owner. The misuse of any Trademark is strictly prohibited. The Website may include links to other websites for convenience and information purposes only and the inclusion of any links does not represent sponsorship of, endorsement of, or affiliation with the linked sites, unless otherwise noted.
Access to all or part of the Website is at the sole discretion of its owner. Any content that is defamatory, threatening, illegal, obscene, infringing of intellectual property rights, hateful, invasive of privacy or otherwise objectionable will be removed. By using the website you agree to our right to have your comments/content removed and your participation terminated if it violates the policies in the exercise of sole discretion. The name of the website or its authors may not be used to promote or endorse any product or cause without written consent.
It may be required that you provide some form of identification to post your comment, such as an e-mail address. Your e-mail address will only be used for comment verification. The above mentioned Terms and Conditions may be revised at any time by updating and posting.
To contact please email at: [email protected]
PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy sets out how Bijansviewfinder uses and protects any information that you give while using our website (www.bijansviewfinder.com)
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.
Bijansviewfinder may change this policy by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
We, at Bijansviewfinder respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
What information do we collect and how is it used?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to Bijansviewfinder website:
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to Bijansviewfinder website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, commenting on a post or submitting an enquire using our contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information:
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access Bijansviewfinder website.
For example, when you use Bijansviewfinder website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed Bijansviewfinder website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using Bijansviewfinder website, such as links clicked.
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 analyze 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.
We may log information using cookies. We may use both, session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on Bijansviewfinder website.
Bijansviewfinder website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by Bijansviewfinder website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
How your information may be used.
- We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain Bijansviewfinder website.
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To track and measure advertising on Bijansviewfinder website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Third-Party use of Personal Information
We may share your information with third parties ONLY when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, Bijansviewfinder website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of Bijansviewfinder website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
Bijansviewfinder website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on Bijansviewfinder website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in Bijansviewfinder website’s sole discretion.
Except when directly required by law, we will never sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through Bijansviewfinder website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
Anonymous Data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Publicly Visible Information
When you comment on a post or article on Bijansviewfinder website, your name will appear with that comment. Your email address will NEVER be visible to others. Ensure you put your email in the email field and your name in the name field.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use advertising service vendors to help present advertisements on the website, one of which is Google. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may collect non-personal data such as your browser type, your operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies by these advertising service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours, and Service Provider disclaims all liability in connection therewith. For more information about this practice and to understand your opt-out choices, please click here: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
For more information about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use their services, please click here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Affiliate Program Participation
Bijansviewfinder website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into Bijansviewfinder website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
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.
Rights Related to your Personal Information
- Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in every email we send out. You can find this at the bottom of the email. You may also notify us at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list.
- Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].
- Amend – You may contact us at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information.
- Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected].
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive Personal Information
At NO time will Bijansviewfinder collect sensitive personal information. You should NEVER submit sensitive personal information anywhere on Bijansviewfinder website. This includes your social security number, passport number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
Bijansviewfinder website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that Bijansviewfinder website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at [email protected] for questions related to this Privacy Policy.