This is an important notice regarding your privacy and the way in which UP Photo Awards (referred to as “we”, “our” or “us” in this policy) collects and makes use of your personal data. We want to be open and transparent with you and therefore encourage you to contact us if you have any questions about this policy or the ways in which we use your personal data.
This policy applies to our entrants generally. We take our privacy responsibilities seriously and are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
UP Photo Awards respects personal identity and information as required under Republic Act 10173 – Data Privacy Act of 2012. This privacy statement covers the site www.upphotoawards.com. The UP Photo Awards is the sole owner of any information collected on www.upphotoawards.com.
UP Photo Awards and its organizers are the data controller of the personal data of the users registered through the website that it owns and manages, which is www.upphotoawards.com.
The registration on the website allows the use of the services dedicated to the users who are registered on the website. UP Photo Awards wants to be sure that users’ personal data are safe, so it gives instructions on privacy and security to its employees, and it makes sure that these instructions are strictly applied in the company.
UP Photo Awards respects the right of its users to be informed regarding the collection and other processing operations of their personal data. In processing data that can directly or indirectly identify you personally, we try to respect the principle of strict necessity. For this reason, we have set up the website so that use of your personal information is kept to a minimum and to exclude the processing of your data when the purpose of the specific activity can be achieved by using anonymous data (like, for instance, in market research aimed at the improvement of services) or by other means, which allow the person concerned to be identified only if needed or requested by the authorities and police forces (such as, for example, but not limited to data on traffic and on the time you spend on the website or your IP address). Decisions about the purposes and methods of processing your personal data and the tools used, including the security profile, are made by UP Photo Awards, as the personal data controller of the users. This Privacy Policy provides you with all the information necessary to understand how we collect and use the information to identify the users of our website.
UP Photo Awards only collects information that is essential to serve you, present your work to the jury, inform you of your winning, remind you of deadlines, or promote your winning, and your work to the public.
Any personal information collected in forms is for our private use only. Phone numbers, mail addresses, and email addresses will not be sold or distributed to third parties or published online.
Information you provide to us.
For example, we collect information when you register with UP Photo Awards for an account or create a new submission, request customer support, or leave us a testimonial.
The type of information we collect directly from you includes your name, email, company name, address, position, and other contact information. We also require information about your project that is being submitted into the UP Photo Awards award program.
This includes:
We may use technologies that save cookies to your computer or mobile device. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us to improve your experience on the UP Photo Awards website. We may also collect information using web analytics services. These services, such as Google Analytics help us understand how to improve the visitor experience on the website.
The information may be used to perform a variety of purposes, including to:
You also have the right to ask us to stop processing personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground.
First and foremost, you cannot list, add, upload or make public any photograph or content that is not legal, lawful or ethical.
The following photographs will not be accepted for being illegal, unethical, and harmful: child exploitation and abuse, harmful to others or related to self-harm, malicious and deceptive practices, photos that violate personal and confidential information of third-parties and such other photographs are not allowed by law or morals.
The following photographs will also not be accepted: photographs that infringe upon others’ intellectual properties or an individual’s privacy (including but not limited to any type of audio, video, biometric, spatial captures or recordings taken without subject’s permission), and unauthorized copies or reproductions of artwork.
After the competition, and in case you do not win in the competition, you may request for deletion of all your personal data from our server.
If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal information, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal information to another party, please contact us at philippinephotoawards@gmail.com
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to another person who has no right to receive it.
In the limited circumstances where you may have provided your consent to the collecting, processing, and transfer of your personal information for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact us at philippinephotoawards@gmail.com.
To promote our winners, we share information about their projects with media, partners, and press releases. We will not share any of your personal information, or information that is not intended for publicity. We require third parties and partners to respect the security of your personal information and to treat it in accordance with the law.
We display personal testimonials of happy winners on our website. With your consent, we may post your testimonial along with your name and use these testimonials to provide you with even more publicity and exposure.
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that UP Photo Awards is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. UP Photo Awards encourages our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website, which is www.upphotoawards.com.
You may opt-out of receiving reminder and newsletter emails from www.upphotoawards.com by following the opt-out instructions provided in those emails. You may also opt-out of receiving promotional emails and other promotional communications from us at any time by emailing the UP Photo Awards support team with your specific request. If you opt-out from the newsletters, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as notifications of your winning or other important information that benefits you, but this may be affected if you unsubscribe from the UP Photo Awards list.
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