Privacy Policy Statement

 

Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) sets rules for how organizations collect, use and disclose personal information. Personal information is defined as any information that can be used to identify someone – either by itself or in combination with other information. Mag Barry Photography (we/us/our) is committed to being accountable for complying with PIPA and protecting the personal information collected from individuals under appropriate and reasonable business purposes.

Consent

At or before the point of collection, we communicate our business purpose for personal information collection and how the information will be used and disclosed. Understanding what we do with your information, ensures that you can provide us with meaningful consent.

Collection

For business purposes we collect:

  • Contact information for responding to emails and phone calls;

We collect the minimum amount of personal information required for business purposes.
Examples of the types of information we collect include:

  • Emails sent to us: Name, email address
  • Phone messages: Name, phone number

Additional information you may provide to us:

  • In situations where we need additional personal information from you, we will ask you for the minimum amount of information needed, secure it within our systems and only disclose it with your consent.

Limited use and disclosure

We only collect personal information for identified purposes of collection and do not rent, sell or trade any personal information collected from you with any third parties without your consent. However, we may be required by law or authorized by PIPA to disclose the information that you
have provided.

Protection and storage of personal information

We use a combination of administrative, physical and technical safeguards to reduce the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure and alteration of your personal information. Personal information is processed and stored in Canada and the United States. Personal information processed and stored outside of Canada may be accessible to law enforcement and national security authorities of that jurisdiction.

Retention

PIPA requires us to retain personal information used to make a decision about individuals for at least one year after it is no longer necessary to fulfill the collected purpose. Under set time periods for legal and business purposes, we retain personal information until after the appropriate time periods have passed, and then we securely destroy the information.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that websites send to your device to store information about you, within your own internet browser. They typically contain information about your browsing activity and personalize your experience for authentication and certification purposes. Our website does not use cookies.

Third-party service providers

For the fulfillment of some business purposes, we use third-party service providers. If personal information is disclosed to these third parties, we ensure that appropriate security undertakings, such as confidentiality clauses in contractual agreements, are employed to protect the transfer and use of personal information.

  • Website design: Jodi Toews Design
  • Website host provider: Bluehost
  • Email host provider: Gmail

Your privacy rights and how we support them

By submitting a written request to our privacy officer, you can:

  • withdraw consent with reasonable notice;
  • access the personal information that we hold about you; and,
  • update your personal information for accuracy and completeness.

Please note that we require proof of identity to fulfill privacy rights requests and that consent cannot be withdrawn retroactively.

How you can contact us about privacy

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, wish to make a privacy rights request or would like to make a privacy complaint, you can:

Call: 789-913-6560
Email: magbarryphotography@gmail.com

Not satisfied with our response and wish to challenge our compliance?

Under PIPA, within forty-five (45) days of receiving your privacy request, question, concern or complaint, we are obligated to respond.

If you haven’t heard back from us during this timeframe or you are unsatisfied with our response within thirty (30) days of receiving it, you may submit a request for review or make a privacy complaint to the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for Alberta (OIPC). Read the information available on the OIPC website before downloading, completing and submitting the appropriate form.