Privacy
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Welcome to AFRIPIK! Here, we are dedicated to providing you with a diverse collection of free African stock photos and we value your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website and all related websites that arepublished by AFRIPIK (the “Sites”).
DO READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SITES
By using the Sites, you show that you understand and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to the use of your information as stated in this Privacy Policy.
As an overview, our commitment to ensuring your privacy is situated on the following principles:
● You may change the status of the information distributed to you by the Sites at any time, and you may correct any inaccuracies that exist in your registration profile created for the Sites.
● AFRIPIK has taken commercially reasonable steps to attempt to place appropriate procedures for the protection of our content and users’ information to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information.
● The Sites may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that AFRIPIK is not responsible for the content or privacy policies of other websites to which the Sites may link. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by AFRIPIK at its Sites.We collect information to provide better services to all our users. This includes:
AFRIPIK collects and stores personal information that you provide at the time you register for an AFRIPIK account, including your username, password, name, address, email address, phone number, and any other information requested from you at the time of registration.
IP Addresses, Cookies, and Log Files
When you visit the Sites, AFRIPIK may collect certain information automatically as part of the Site’s operation, such as your internet protocol (“IP”) addresses for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. (Your IP address indicates the location of your computer on the internet. It is not necessarily a unique personal identifier.) The Sites do not generally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable.
Additionally, AFRIPIK uses “cookies,” which are a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. The Sites employ cookies to recognize you and to simplify your access privileges on the Sites, as well as to track site usage, to enhance your experience. The only personally identifiable information a cookie typically contains is information you supply yourself. You can disable cookies by turning them off in your web browser, and you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies. Users who do not accept cookies from the Sites may not be able to access certain areas of the Sites.
AFRIPIK collects and stores certain information about how you access and navigate the Sites, such as the pages you view, the links you click, the times at which you access and that you spend on the Sites, your geolocation, the device you use to access the Sites. AFRIPIK may combine your personal information and/or IP address with navigational information. AFRIPIK does not otherwise track or collect your personal information across third-party sites when you exit the Sites.
AFRIPIK may collect, use, and store the foregoing information directly or contract with third-party vendors who provide AFRIPIK with data collection and reporting services in connection with the Sites. When you visit the Sites, our third-party vendors may use cookies on our behalf and may receive information about your browsing activity on the Sites. We will only share personally identifiable information with these vendors to the extent necessary to provide AFRIPIK and/or our users with the relevant services. Further, our vendors are contractually prohibited from further using information obtained in the course of providing these services to AFRIPIK.
How can you “opt out” of providing, or updating, your personally identifying information?
You may “opt-out” altogether from providing personally identifying information to us by not registering as a user of the Sites at the registration page and thereby not providing personal information. You may also choose at a later date to have your name removed from our database by deleting your registration profile. Certain portions of the Sites and certain services provided on the Sites, however, do require registration to access or use these areas and services. If you choose not to register or provide the requested information in connection with registering for anAFRIPIK account, areas requiring registration will not be accessible to you.
You can correct, update, or delete inaccuracies in information about you by making changes toyour AFRIPIK account profile. We may not be able to delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account, and we may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
What do the Sites do with the information they gather and/or track?
AFRIPIK uses your information to facilitate transactions and to provide our users with our products and services. This includes using your information to process orders and invoices, to allow you to upload or download images, to maintain and update your AFRIPIK account, and to contact you in response to inquiries or messages from you.
AFRIPIK may also use, share, or disclose your information, as necessary, to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions, content license agreements, contributor agreements, or other agreements existing between us, including for billing and collection purposes; and if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of AFRIPIK, our customers, or others, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of monitoring copyright infringement, fraud protection, and credit risk reduction.
AFRIPIK and its agents may perform statistical analyses of user behavior on the Sites to analyze trends and measure interest in the various areas of the Sites (for product development purposes, as well as for internal management purposes).
Using the e-mail addresses provided when you register as a user of the Sites, the Sites periodically may send you information about the Sites or AFRIPIK’s services. AFRIPIK also may contact you regarding account status; changes to this Privacy Policy, the Site’s Terms and Conditions, and/or other user agreements; and to confirm registration. If you would not like to receive promotional updates from AFRIPIK or its advertisers, you may opt out of receiving these communications by contacting us at [email protected]. However, please be advised that you may continue to receive transactional or account emails (e.g., purchase confirmations).
With whom do the Sites share the information they gather and/or track?
AFRIPIK shares the information it gathers, in aggregate form, with advertisers and other partners. AFRIPIK generally does not release personal information about you as an individual to third parties. AFRIPIK may share information about you, including personally identifying information, if sought by legal process or requested by law enforcement, to protect the rights and property of AFRIPIK or the safety of our users or the public, or to protect against unauthorized use of our site. AFRIPIK may also share information about you with third parties as part of any corporate reorganization process, including, but not limited to mergers, acquisitions, and/or sales of all or substantially all of our assets.
Except as expressly outlined in this Privacy Policy, AFRIPIK does not sell, share, or rent information about its users to third parties.
How long do the Sites retain user information?
AFRIPIK retains your information as long as you maintain an account with AFRIPIK or as needed to provide you with our services and products. If you wish to cancel your AFRIPIK account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services, contact us at [email protected]. If you choose to terminate your account with AFRIPIK, we will retain and use information about you only as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
How do the Sites protect their content and user information?
AFRIPIK and its agents take commercially reasonable precautions to protect our users’ information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to protect the information we collect online. Such commercially reasonable precautions, however, do not absolutely guarantee the complete protection of your personally identifying information. By using the Sites, you acknowledge that there will always be some risk that any personally identifying information that you provide to us may be releasedwithout our permission or knowledge, and we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we employ.
Furthermore, the safety and security of your information also depend on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Are the services of the Sites available to minors?
Anyone under the age of 18 is not eligible to use the Site’s services or products, and such individuals should not submit any personal information to us.
Forums and Other Interactive Services
The Sites may include discussion forums or other interactive areas or services, including blogs or other areas or services in which you or third parties create, post, or store any content, messages, comments, materials, or other items on the sites (“Interactive Areas”). If you use an Interactive Area, you should be aware that these areas are open to the public, and any personal information you post may be viewable by others. We are not responsible for personal information you post or submit in connection with the Interactive Areas, nor are we responsible for how others might use that information, including sending you unsolicited messages. Interactive Area postings may be retained indefinitely. If at any time you would like to remove a posting, please email us at [email protected]. Keep in mind that the removal of a posting from an Interactive Area does not mean that the posting will be deleted from our systems or the Internet.
AFRIPIK reserves the right to periodically change or update this Privacy Policy, so we encourage you to review it frequently. We will undertake commercially reasonable efforts to notify you of any changes or updates to the Privacy Policy and will identify the date on which the Privacy Policy was updated, or its effective date, on the face of the Privacy Policy. By continuing to use the Sites after such changes, you are accepting and consenting to any updated terms of the Privacy Policy.
Questions About the Privacy Policy
For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or any information you have provided to AFRIPIK, you may contact AFRIPIK at [email protected]