PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Notice
This privacy notice covers the collection and use of information for this website, (“this website”). This website is managed and operated by Caribbean Photo Contest to promote Caribbeanphotocontests.com. CARIBBEAN PHOTO CONTEST also delivers in-depth features on the photo industry at large, including interviews and profiles, reports on new products and information on useful sources for photo enthusiasts, hobbyist, amateur and professional Photographers. CARIBBEAN PHOTO CONTEST’s photo essays and galleries explore the work of photography’s emerging, and up and coming talent.

About Caribbean Photo Contest
Caribbean Photo Contest, (“CPC”) is a leading online digital media platform and community that provides photo enthusiasts, artists, and visual artists alike the opportunity to showcase their talents and abilities to the world through various platforms including the internet, social media, digital and print publications, galleries, and exhibitions.

The contest consists primarily of four categories: 1) All Entrants 2) Youth 3) College Students 4) Professional.

All four (4) categories run during various periods throughout the calendar year. All categories offer meaningful prizes and opportunities. The “College Students-Only” category is specific for students looking to enhance their prospects of building strong careers in the Creative and Visual Arts arenas’. College students enrolled at an accredited college or university with an interest in but not limited to the Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Journalism, Photography, or the Visual and Graphic Arts are encouraged to participate.


What information we collect and how we use it
We collect personally identifiable information that you choose to provide to us when you register for our contests, subscribe to our digital magazines (either directly or through another company such as a subscription agency), sign up for email newsletters, enter a contest, or participate in surveys. During the registration process we may request certain contact and demographic information about you such as name, mailing address, email address, company name if applicable, size of company and title. We do not sell or share this information with third parties, except as described below. We also may receive information about you from other sources and add it to the information you have provided to us. If you choose to register or subscribe to a magazine on this website, you may also be asked to provide your credit card information to fulfill your registration or subscription request.

When we may disclose your information to others
Caribbean Photo Contest may use your contact information for any of the following reasons:
• To provide you with information about products or services you’ve ordered, including upcoming events, trade shows and publications.
• To provide you with e-newsletters you have requested
• To send you notices for subscription renewal
• To contact you regarding marketing endeavors

If you do not wish to receive CPC marketing information from CPC or wish to opt out of future CPC email promotions from CPC, please email privacy@caribbeanphotocontest.com with “CPC Opt-Out” in the subject line. Please note that all promotional and research email messages you receive from CPC will include an option to opt out of future email communications.

From time to time CPC may also share your contact information with other organizations, such as trade show exhibitors and vendors, for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to receive such offers, please please email privacy@caribbeanphotocontest.com.

We contract with third party companies that we have employed to provide us with specialized services, including customer service, registration, subscription fulfillment, housing, research, statistical analysis, list cleansing, postal mailings, email and fax deployment, and other information services. These companies or individuals may be provided with access to personally identifiable information, but only as needed to perform their functions. These companies are required by contract to maintain the confidentiality, security and integrity of such information.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this privacy notice, we may disclose personally identifiable information to any third party when disclosure is required by law, or desirable to permit us to exercise or preserve our legal rights or take action regarding potentially illegal activities or to protect the safety of any person. In the event we are acquired by or merged with a third party entity or in the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control.



Cookies and Web beacons
We may automatically collect non-personally identifiable information and data through the use of “cookies.” Cookies are small text files a site uses to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user’s ongoing access to the site and facilitate the use of the site. “Cookies” also allow a site to track usage behavior and compile site usage information that will allow for the improvement of content and target advertising.

We may also use third-party advertising companies such as Google to serve ads when you visit this website. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (i.e. not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide advertisements on this website and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.



Children
This site is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that this website has collected the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact privacy@caribbeanphotocontest.com.


Data storage, transfers and security
We may store the personal details we hold about you for as long as needed, which may be indefinitely. We may store this information in the United States or we may transfer it to any other country. The data protection laws in countries to which personal data are transferred may or may not provide a level of protection equivalent to the laws in your home country. Wherever we hold the data, we will apply the terms of this privacy notice and any applicable data protection law. We maintain certain procedures to protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of personally identifiable information while it is controlled by us. However, the storage and communication of personal data cannot always be completely secure. Also, we cannot and do not guarantee that data transferred to third parties in accordance with this privacy notice will be protected against intentional or accidental misuse or loss. Please contact us if you have questions or wish to take any action with respect to information to which this privacy notice applies. You can reach us by sending an email to privacy@caribbeanphotocontest.com.

We may change this privacy notice and our data collection and management practices. We reserve the right to update changes to this privacy notice and to our practices in collecting and handling personally identifiable information. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email prior to their implementation and let you decide if you want the material changes to apply to your personally-identifiable information. We will also post a prominent notice at this website and indicate at the top of this statement when it was most recently updated.

Disclaimer
Caribbean Photo Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn or Google. You understand that you are providing your information to the owner of this contest and not to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn or Google.