Privacy Policy

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At LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA TORONTO INC., we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal data we collect, how we use it, and your choices regarding your information. By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect:

  • Personal Information: When you use our website or services, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.
  • Payment Information: If you make a payment for our services, we collect payment information, such as credit card details or other payment account information.
  • Photographic Data: We may collect and store photographic data, including images of properties, for the purpose of providing our photography services.
  • Usage Information: We automatically collect information about your use of our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and referring URLs.
  • Comments
  • When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
  • An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see 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) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
  • Cookies
  • If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • If you visit our login page, 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 will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
  • Embedded content from other websites
  • Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
  • These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

2. Use of Information:

  • Providing Services: We use your personal information to provide you with our services, including scheduling appointments, delivering photographs, and communicating with you about your orders.
  • Improving Services: We may use information collected to improve our website, services, and customer experience, including analyzing usage patterns and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Communication: We may use your contact information to communicate with you about your orders, promotions, surveys, and updates related to our services.

3. Data Sharing:

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in providing our services, such as payment processors and email service providers. These service providers are contractually obligated to use your information only for the purpose of providing services to us and are required to maintain the confidentiality and security of your information.
  • Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information as required by law, regulation, or legal process, or to protect and defend our rights or the rights of others.
  • Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

4. Data Security:

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

5. Your Choices:

  • Opt-Out: You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the communication or by contacting us directly.
  • Access and Update: You may access and update your personal information by contacting us directly.
  • This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

6. Children’s Privacy:

Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will take steps to delete such information.

7. Changes to this Privacy Policy:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will notify you of any material changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the updated policy on our website or by other means.

8. Contact Us:

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at [email protected].

Effective Date:

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 01-01-01.