Privacy Policy
Your trust and confidence are our highest priority. Victoria Christophe Photography LLC as the provider of the Victoria Christophe Photography service (“Victoria Christophe” or “we”), is dedicated to maintaining and protecting your privacy. This includes the privacy of both your information and your pictures. By using our service and by visiting this website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”). This Policy explains what information we collect and how we use the information so we can continue to provide outstanding service to you.
Information We Collect from You.
Victoria Christophe does not collect personally identifiable information about you except when you specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis. For example, when you register with Victoria Christophe, we ask for the basics, including your name, email address and wedding date. We may also collect details about your wedding such as reception venue or cultural tradition, and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us. When you order products or services on this website, we will also need your billing and credit card information and mailing address. To help us provide you with the most relevant site content and email communications, we keep track of your website searches, registration activities and bookings. For all Victoria Christophe website visitors, not just registered users, we may automatically collect certain information such as IP addresses, browser type, domain names, access times, duration of visit, referring URL, platform, new/repeat information, time-stamp and exit page information. We use this data for statistical purposes so that we may analyze trends and performances over time. Victoria Christophe also uses third-party service providers to help us gather and analyze information about our customers. We restrict these service providers from using your information in any manner, other than to help us provide you with the products and services available on our website. Victoria Christophe is the sole owner of the information collected on this website. If you choose to use our invitation service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for information needed to send the invitation, such as your friend’s email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email or instant message inviting him or her to visit the site. If you contact our client service department, we will collect the information you provide that details the nature of your question or problem to enhance the quality of our website.
How Your Information Is Used.
The data we gather is used to enhance your website experience; check for availability of services for your wedding date; manage our sweepstakes and promotions; manage our email marketing campaigns; manage your registration, reservation and booking activities; assist you in using our website and its features; manage your purchases via our website; and manage your photos. The information we collect helps us to better serve you. Victoria Christophe also uses the information we gather to target content on our website to more closely match your interests and, if you have selected to receive email communication from us, to target email marketing messages or notifications regarding new services that are more appropriate to your needs. Profile information is used by Victoria Christophe primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others permitted to view that information by you. Victoria Christophe may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service. For instance, if a friend sends you a new message, or someone comments on your photo, you may receive an email alerting you to that fact. Generally, you may opt out of such emails in your profile settings, though Victoria Christophe reserves the right to send you notices about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.
With Whom Your Information May Be Shared.
Upon making a photography reservation or a deposit with Victoria Christophe, the personal information you provide will be shared with third parties necessary to ensure the completion of your booking. The personal information provided to the third parties will not be used for any purpose other than the provision of your wedding photography and associated services. Victoria Christophe will also share your information with business firms contracted to provide specific services to us, in a manner consistent with this Policy. For example, if Victoria Christophe were to hold a sweepstakes offer on our website, we may choose to hire a sweepstakes administration firm to handle the legal requirements surrounding entrant and winner selection and validation, or we may use a fulfillment service provider to ship to you products ordered on our website. In situations such as this where your data is shared with a third-party firm, these firms are obligated to use your personal data only for the purpose for which the relationship exists, and shall be required to abide by the terms of this Policy. From time to time, we may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable statistical information about our website and visitors (such as number of visitors, demographic data, number and type of goods and services purchased or booked, etc.) with our advertisers and partners. However, we do not reveal your personally identifiable information for anything other than the use it was originally intended without giving you the opportunity to opt out. At Victoria Christophe, we often receive testimonials and comments from customers who have had positive experiences with our service and our website. We occasionally publish such content. Victoria Christophe will also disclose information about individual users to governmental or judicial authorities or law enforcement agencies, or to other individuals or entities in response to subpoenas, court orders, other legal processes or as otherwise required by law. Further, Victoria Christophe may share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or suspected fraud, or to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of this Policy or other policies of Victoria Christophe. We may also provide customer information to third parties, such as credit card companies, for the purpose of resolving disputes that arise in the normal course of business. Except as otherwise stated above, Victoria Christophe will not disclose your personal information with any third party without your consent. This website may contain links to other sites. Victoria Christophe is not responsible for information collection and privacy practices of third party websites that are accessed via links from the Victoria Christophe website. This Policy is solely for information collected by the Victoria Christophe website.
How Your Information is Protected.
Victoria Christophe maintains data handling and storage practices and procedures that are designed to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of customer information. Victoria Christophe incorporates appropriate safeguards to protect the security, integrity, completeness, accuracy and privacy of the personal information we have collected, and we have put in place reasonable precautions to protect information from loss, misuse and alteration. All credit card information is encrypted utilizing Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server technology before being transmitted over the Internet. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as required and only authorized individuals have access to the information you provide us. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Policy. You hereby acknowledge that Victoria Christophe is not responsible for any intercepted information sent via the Internet, and you hereby release Victoria Christophe from any and all claims arising out of or related to the use of intercepted information in any unauthorized manner.
Protecting the Privacy of Your Pictures.
The Victoria Christophe website is designed so that you can control who may view the pictures stored in your Victoria Christophe account if you so choose. We are committed to keeping your pictures private and secure if you desire us to. Please note that if you choose to post a link to your Victoria Christophe account on your own or another’s website, or you share your pictures with your friends or family members by sending them your online Victoria Christophe account access information and they communicate such information to other individuals, these pictures may be accessible to individuals not authorized by you. In order to provide quality products, however, Victoria Christophe employees and third-party service providers fulfilling your order or providing client support to you will have access to and may see your pictures.
Your Available Choices Regarding Registration.
Registration is optional. If you choose not to register, certain sections of our website may be inaccessible. Registration is required to order complete a booking or order products or services on our website. Upon request, Victoria Christophe will use reasonable efforts to allow users to update or correct personal information previously submitted to the extent such activities will not compromise privacy or security interests. Also, upon a user’s request, Victoria Christophe will use commercially reasonable efforts to functionally delete the user and his or her personal information from its database; however, it may be impossible to delete a user’s entry without some residual information being retained by Victoria Christophe because of the nature in which backups of data are maintained.
Your Available Choices Regarding Emails.
If you register to receive communications from us, you will receive information we believe will be of use and interest to you. If you are no longer interested in receiving communications from Victoria Christophe, you may opt out of future mailings as follows:
Our emails include instructions on how to unsubscribe yourself from our email list;
or Call us at 1-888-556-7510, and request to be unsubscribed.
Use of Cookies.
Victoria Christophe uses cookies to improve your website experience and reduce the time it takes for you to complete a booking. A cookie is a small text file that serves as a unique identifier sent to your computer by a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie lets a computer server identify your computer. At Victoria Christophe, we use cookies to improve your web site experience. Our cookies do not include any sensitive information, but they do help us track which of our web pages are visited and what services are most often used. You may choose not to receive a cookie file by enabling your web browser to refuse cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie. Please be aware, however, that by refusing to accept cookies, you will be unable to access a significant portion of the Victoria Christophe website.
Mergers/Acquisitions.
In the event that Victoria Christophe or a significant portion of Victoria Christophe’s assets or business is acquired, customer information may be transferred to the applicable successor-in-interest. In the event such a transfer occurs, your personal information will be subject to the same protection as it was prior to the transfer.
Children.
Children are not eligible to use our services and we ask that minors (anyone under the age of 18) not submit any personal information to us. Victoria Christophe does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or permit them to use our website. This website is not directed to children and Victoria Christophe does not knowingly solicit information from any child under the age of 13. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 years of age send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child (or a parent or guardian) to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her personal information.
International Users — Applicable Law.
Victoria Christophe collects, processes, stores, discloses and disposes of personal information that you submit to us in accordance with applicable United States law. Please note that the personal information you submit to our website will be transferred to the United States to be processed by Victoria Christophe in order to provide this website and its services to you or for such other purposes as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you are not a resident of the United States, you acknowledge and agree that we may collect and use your personal information, as discussed in this privacy policy, outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, we may store such personal information in the United States, outside your resident jurisdiction. In particular, you are advised that the United States uses a sectoral model of privacy protection that relies on a mix of legislation, governmental regulation and self-regulation. Please be aware that United States law may offer different levels of protection for personal information than may be available in your country.
Terms and Modifications to this Privacy Policy.
We may amend this Policy at any time by posting the revised policy on the website. All amended terms shall automatically be effective as soon as they are posted on the website. You are responsible for reviewing this Policy periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes to it. Your continued use of the site indicates your assent to any changes to this Policy. This Policy is applicable to all websites under the www.victoriachristophe.com domain. This Policy was produced and posted on 6/2/09.
Contact Us.
If you have questions or concerns regarding your privacy or security on our website, feel free to contact us by email, phone or postal mail as follows:
Email: If you wish to email us, please use the Contact Us form. We respond to most customer emails promptly.
Phone Number: 517-402-2413
Postal mail:
Legal Administrator
Victoria Christophe Photography
321 Parkwest Ct. K6
Lansing, MI 48917
