The World Nature Photography Awards are administered by Alternative Future Ltd. This privacy policy will explain how our organisation uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
What data do we collect?
We collect the following data:
• Full name
• Email address
• Postal address
• Telephone number
• Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
• Complete an entry form for submission into the competition
• Register for our newsletter or send us an e-mail
• Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
How will we use your data?
We collect your data so for the following purposes:
• Internal administration of the awards competition
• We may use the information to improve our products and services
• We may periodically send promotional e-mail about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the e-mail address which you have provided
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you by e-mail for market research purposes. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests
How do we store your data?
Your data will be copied to our European servers in Frankfurt, Germany, run by Amazon Web Services, which are fully compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
Marketing
We would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like. If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please e-mail us at hello@worldnaturephotographyawards.com
What are your data protection rights?
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request us for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: hello@worldnaturephotographyawards.com
Or write to us: World Nature Photography Awards, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom.
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 20th April 2020.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: hello@worldnaturephotographyawards.com
Or write to us at: World Nature Photography Awards, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom.