Who We Are
Our website address is: https://outer-island-photography.com.
If you have any questions about our commitment to your privacy, please contact us.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
The contact forms on this website collect and store the data you submit. You may contact us at any time to request that your data be removed. This data is used solely to respond to your inquiries.
Submitting a contact form request means that you consent to our collection and storage of the submitted data.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience and last for one year.
If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser indicating the post ID of the edited article. This cookie expires after one day and contains no personal data.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, especially if you have an account and are logged into that website.
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics to collect non-personally identifying information about your visit. This data may include your device and browser type, preferred language, referring website, and the date, time, and location of your visit.
We use this data solely to improve our website and support our marketing efforts.
Who We Share Your Data With
Your data may be shared with Google Analytics and social media platforms that you interact with through our website. We do not sell or otherwise share your personal data.
How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically rather than holding them in moderation.
Registered Users
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users may view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators may also view and edit that information.
Contact Forms
Contact form submissions may be stored for up to one year.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How We Protect Your Data
Any data submitted through this website is unencrypted. As such, we cannot be held responsible for any unauthorized access or misuse of submitted data.
Please contact us for additional information.