PRIVACY POLICY

	Howard & Bates have provided the following information in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following details outline our professional standards of information gathering, disclosure practices and use of images for the web-site. Privacy Policy 1. Introduction This website is owned, managed and operated by Howard & Bates, trading as Howard & Bates Wedding photography. Any personal information provided to Howard & Bates is controlled by Howard & Bates (we and us). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and store personal information about you and your use of this website. 2. What information do we collect and how do we use it? We will not collect any information about individuals, except where it is specifically and knowingly provided, for example, if you book us for your wedding, request information from us. All this data is referred to in this policy as 'personal information'. We collect personal information such as name, address, telephone number and email address. The personal information you provide to us or which we obtain through your dealings with us may also be used to review, develop and improve our service. We may also use the information we collect to occasionally contact you by email with news and information about our services and for market research purposes. We give you the option to tell us if you do not want your personal information used in this way. 3. Where will Howard & Bates store your personal information? The information that we collect from you will be stored in our database. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. 4. Will Howard & Bates share the information it receives? Your personal information will not be shared by any third party. Some pages of our website have been coded with 'web tags' so as to enable us to monitor use of our website, by providing us with the following types of anonymous information: the number of unique users of, and visits to, our site the URL address you have left to come to our site which search engine and search words you have used. Whether you are a return visitor which browser you are using and the country in which your computer is located the pages on which you enter and leave our site which other pages of our site you visit and for how long the paths you use to navigate through our site. Over time, the information from these web tags, which is aggregated for all our site visitors, enables us to build up a picture of what types of visitors our website is attracting, how visitors use our site, and which of our products and offers most interest our visitors. This, in turn, helps us to improve our website and provide content which is of more interest and relevance. 5. What choices do I have? You do not have to provide us with any of the personal information requested. If at any stage you change your preferences and decide you would rather not receive news, information and offers about our services please email us. 6. Security As with any standard email, emails containing your personal data sent to or from us will not be encrypted. 7. Policy Changes If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. Any changes to this policy made by us will be posted here and will take effect immediately. This policy was last updated on 24 January 2008.

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