Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 06, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

• Business, (or "Controller"), for the purpose of the VCDPA (Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act), CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), and similar comprehensive US State Privacy Laws, refers to the Company as the legal entity that conducts business in the Commonwealth of Virginia or other applicable US jurisdictions, collects Consumers' personal data, and determines the purposes and means of the processing of such data. This includes instances where information is collected on the Company’s behalf, alone or jointly with others, to facilitate photography services, gallery hosting, and business communications. For residents of states with active privacy legislation, the Company acts as the "Controller" responsible for protecting your data rights as defined by your specific state of residence.

• Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Lilia Alvarado Photography, 1810 Reddy Dr 5363, Woodbridge, VA 22191.

  • For the purpose of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation): The Company is the Data Controller.

  • For the purpose of the VCDPA (Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act) and other US State Privacy Laws: The Company is the Controller, the legal entity that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data for residents of Virginia and other applicable US states (including but not limited to CO, CT, TX, UT, and the 2026 laws in IN, KY, and RI).

  • For the purpose of the CCPA/CPRA (California Consumer Privacy Act): The Company is the Business that collects and processes the personal information of California residents.

• Consumer, for the purpose of the VCDPA (Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act), CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), and other applicable US State Privacy Laws, means a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of California, or any other US jurisdiction with active privacy legislation.

• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

• Country refers to: Virginia, United States

• Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.

• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

• Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.

• Facebook Fan Page is a public profile named Lilia Alvarado Photography specifically created by the Company on the Facebook social network, accessible from https://www.facebook.com/LiliaAlvaradoPhotography/

• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  For the purposes for GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

  For the purposes of the VCDPA, CCPA, and other applicable US State Privacy Laws, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.

• Sale, for the purpose of the VCDPA, CCPA, and other applicable US State Privacy Laws, means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

• Service refers to the Website.

• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.

• Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.

• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

• Website refers to Lilia Alvarado Photography, accessible from https://www.liliaalvaradophotography.com/

• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

  Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address

• First name and last name

• Phone number

• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

• Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Information from Third-Party Social Media Services

The Company allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:

• Google

• Facebook

• Twitter

If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account.

You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

• Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?" available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_

• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies here: All About Cookies by TermsFeed.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies

  Type: Session Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

• Functionality Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

• Targeting and Advertising Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Administered by: Third-Parties

  Purpose: These Cookies track your browsing habits to enable Us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to You. These Cookies use information about your browsing history to group You with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with Our permission, third party advertisers can place Cookies to enable them to show adverts which We think will be relevant to your interests while You are on third party websites.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.

• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.

• With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.

• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.

• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.

• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

1. Service Providers & Business Purposes

We disclose Your Personal Data to third-party Service Providers to facilitate our business operations and fulfill our contract with You. These providers are contractually obligated (via Data Processing Agreements) to keep Your information confidential and are prohibited from using it for any purpose other than providing services to Us.

• Gallery Hosting & Image Delivery: To host and deliver Your digital portraits and galleries (e.g., Pixieset, CloudSpot).

• Order Fulfillment: To share Your visual data (Category H) with professional print labs for the production and shipping of physical products (e.g., Miller’s Lab).

• Payment Processing: To securely process transactions and prevent fraud (e.g., Stripe, Square).

• Business Management & CRM: To manage bookings, contracts, and scheduling (e.g., HoneyBook, Dubsado).

2. Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

3. Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

4. Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation or court order.

• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company.

• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.

• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public.

• Protect against legal liability.

5. No Sale of Personal Data

Lilia Alvarado Photography does not sell Your personal data to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration. Our disclosures are strictly for the business purposes listed above.

6. Data Retention Schedule

We only retain Your data for as long as necessary to provide our services. Our standard retention schedule is:

• Client Photo Galleries: Retained for 12 Months to allow for client downloads and product re-orders.

• Financial/Contract Records: Retained for 7 Years for tax and legal compliance.

• Marketing Emails: Retained until You unsubscribe.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Service Providers have access to Your Personal Data only to perform their tasks on Our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Advertising

We may use Service providers to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service.

• Facebook Business

  Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/business/help/416348909003540?id=689788528177451

• Tiktok Busness

  Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

• Stripe

  Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy

• PayPal

  Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

• Square

  Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://squareup.com/legal/privacy-no-account

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

• Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.

• Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.

• Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.

• Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.

• Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.

• Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.

You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

• Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.

• Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.

• Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.

• Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.

• Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.

• Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

Facebook Fan Page

Data Controller for the Facebook Fan Page

The Company is the Data Controller of Your Personal Data collected while using the Service. As operator of the Facebook Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/LiliaAlvaradoPhotography/, the Company and the operator of the social network Facebook are Joint Controllers.

The Company has entered into agreements with Facebook that define the terms for use of the Facebook Fan Page, among other things. These terms are mostly based on the Facebook Terms of Service: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php

Visit the Facebook Privacy Policy https://www.facebook.com/policy.php for more information about how Facebook manages Personal data or contact Facebook online, or by mail: Facebook, Inc. ATTN, Privacy Operations, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States.

Facebook Insights

We use the Facebook Insights function in connection with the operation of the Facebook Fan Page and on the basis of the GDPR, in order to obtain anonymized statistical data about Our users.

For this purpose, Facebook places a Cookie on the device of the user visiting Our Facebook Fan Page. Each Cookie contains a unique identifier code and remains active for a period of two years, except when it is deleted before the end of this period.

Facebook receives, records and processes the information stored in the Cookie, especially when the user visits the Facebook services, services that are provided by other members of the Facebook Fan Page and services by other companies that use Facebook services.

For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/full_data_use_policy

US State Privacy Supplement

This privacy notice section for Virginia, California, and other US State residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of California, or any other US state with applicable privacy legislation (including but not limited to CO, CT, DE, IN, IA, KY, MD, MN, MT, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, TN, TX, and UT). This section is provided to comply with the VCDPA, CCPA/CPRA, and similar comprehensive state data protection laws.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.

Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the VCDPA (Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act), CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), and other applicable US State Privacy Laws. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected.

• Category A: Identifiers.

  Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.

  Collected: Yes.

• Category B: Personal Information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) and Personal Data as defined by the VCDPA and other US State Privacy Laws.

  Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

  Collected: Yes.

• Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California, Virginia, Federal, or other US State Law.

  Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).

  Collected: No (solely to the extent that such characteristics are captured visually in commissioned photography portraits).

• Category D: Commercial information.

  Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered.

  Collected: Yes.

• Category E: Biometric information.

  Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.

  Collected: No.

• Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.

  Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement.

  Collected: Yes.

• Category G: Geolocation data.

  Examples: Approximate physical location.

  Collected: No.

• Category H: Sensory data.

  Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information (including photographic images and portraits, photographic likeness).

  Collected: Yes

• Category I: Professional or employment-related information.

  Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

  Collected: No.

• Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).

  Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.

  Collected: No.

• Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.

  Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

  Collected: No.

Under CCPA, personal information does not include:

• Publicly available information from government records

• Deidentified or aggregated consumer information

• Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as:

  • Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data

  • Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

• Directly from You. For example, from the forms You complete on our Service, preferences You express or provide through our Service, or from Your purchases on our Service.

• Indirectly from You. For example, from observing Your activity on our Service.

• Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our Service.

• From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to provide advertising on our Service, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You.

Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose personal data We collect for "business purposes," "commercial purposes," or in a manner "reasonably necessary and compatible" with the purposes disclosed to You (as defined under the VCDPA, CCPA, and other applicable US State Privacy Laws). These uses include:

• Service Delivery: To operate our Service and provide You with photography, gallery hosting, and related products.

• Customer Support: To respond to Your inquiries, investigate Your concerns, and monitor or improve our Service.

• Fulfillment of Purpose: To fulfill the specific reason You provided the information. For example, if You share contact info for a booking, We use it to coordinate your session. If You provide payment info, We use it to process your transaction.

• Legal Compliance: To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.

• Safety and Security: To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and to prosecute those responsible for such activities.

• Internal Operations: For internal administrative, auditing, and research purposes to develop or repair our services.

• As Disclosed at Collection: For any other purpose described to You at the time of collection or as set forth under applicable US state privacy legislation.

Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the "Use of Your Personal Data" section.

If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We will update this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose, and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months, the following categories of personal data for business or commercial purposes:

• Category A: Identifiers (e.g., name, email, IP address)

• Category B: Personal information categories (e.g., address, phone number, payment details)

• Category D: Commercial information (e.g., records of photo packages or services purchased)

• Category F: Internet or other similar network activity (e.g., interaction with our website or online galleries)

Note on Categories: Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the VCDPA, CCPA, and other applicable US State Privacy Laws. This does not mean that all examples of that category were in fact disclosed, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been disclosed.

Our Commitment to Data Protection: When We disclose personal information for a business or commercial purpose (such as to a gallery host or payment processor), We enter a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) or contract that describes the purpose of the disclosure and requires the recipient to (1) keep that personal information confidential, (2) provide the same level of privacy protection required by law, and (3) not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

Sale of Personal Information

For the purpose of the VCDPA, CCPA, and other applicable US State Privacy Laws, "sell" and "sale" mean the following:

• Under the CCPA: Selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating a consumer's personal information to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration. This may include receiving a non-monetary benefit or "value" in return for sharing information.

• Under the VCDPA and Other US State Laws: The exchange of personal data for monetary consideration by the controller to a third party.

Note on Categories: Please note that the categories listed below are those defined under these various state laws. This does not mean that all examples of that category were in fact sold, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been shared for value in return.

We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information:

• Category A: Identifiers

• Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) and Personal Data as defined by the VCDPA and other US State Privacy Laws.

• Category D: Commercial information

• Category F: Internet or other similar network activity

Share of Personal Information

We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties:

• Service Providers

• Payment processors

• Our affiliates

• Our business partners

• Third party vendors to whom You or Your agents authorize Us to disclose Your personal information in connection with products or services We provide to You

Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age

We do not sell the personal information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the "right to opt-in") from either the Consumer who is between 13 and 16 years of age, or the parent or guardian of a Consumer less than 13 years of age. Consumers who opt-in to the sale of personal information may opt-out of future sales at any time. To exercise the right to opt-out, You (or Your authorized representative) may submit a request to Us by contacting Us.

If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us to delete that information.

Your Rights under US State Privacy Laws

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Your Rights under US State Privacy Laws

Residents of Virginia, California, and other US jurisdictions with comprehensive privacy legislation are provided with specific rights regarding their personal data. If You are a resident of one of these states, You have the following rights:

• The Right to Notice: The right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which they are being used.

• The Right to Access & Confirm: The right to confirm whether We are processing Your personal data and to request access to such data. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose:

  • The categories and specific pieces of personal information We collected about You.

  • The categories of sources and our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that information.

  • The categories of third parties with whom We share that information.

• The Right to Correct: The right to request that We correct inaccuracies in Your personal data, taking into account the nature of the data and the purpose of the processing.

• The Right to Opt-Out: The right to direct Us not to process Your personal data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

• The Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers/Processors to delete) Your information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your request if retaining the information is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction or perform a contract for the services You requested.

  • Detect security incidents, protect against fraudulent activity, or prosecute those responsible.

  • Debug products to identify and repair errors.

  • Comply with legal obligations or exercise free speech rights.

  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with Your expectations based on Your relationship with Us.

• The Right to Data Portability: The right to obtain a copy of Your personal data that You previously provided to Us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.

• The Right to Appeal (Virginia & Others): If We decline to take action regarding Your request, You have the right to appeal our decision within a reasonable period. We will provide instructions on how to submit an appeal at that time.

• The Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your rights, including by denying services, charging different prices, or providing a different level of quality.

Exercising Your Data Protection Rights

To exercise any of Your rights under the VCDPA, CCPA, or other applicable US State Privacy Laws, and if You are a resident of an applicable state, You can contact Us:

• By email: Liliaalvaradophotography@gmail.com

• By visiting our website: https://www.facebook.com/LiliaAlvaradoPhotography/

Only You, or a person legally authorized to act on Your behalf (such as an authorized agent or a person with a power of attorney), may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information.

Your request to Us must:

• Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative.

• Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

Verification and Response Timeline: We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if We cannot verify Your identity or authority to make the request and confirm that the personal information relates to You.

• Initial Response: We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request.

• Extensions: The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary. We will provide prior notice and the reason for the extension.

• Historical Scope: Any disclosures We provide will cover at least the 12-month period preceding the receipt of the verifiable request.

• Right to Appeal (Virginia & Others): If We decline to take action regarding Your request, We will notify You of our decision and the reasoning within 45 days. You have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us via the email provided above. If the appeal is denied, We will provide You with a method to contact the Attorney General of your state to file a complaint.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt-out, please contact Us.

"Do Not Track" and Global Privacy Control Signals

Some web browsers and browser extensions offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal or a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. Our current policy regarding these signals is as follows:

• Do Not Track (DNT): Our Service does not currently respond to DNT signals, as there is no single, globally accepted technical standard for how they should be interpreted.

• Global Privacy Control (GPC): If You are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, or other states where GPC is legally recognized, We work with our service providers to detect and honor GPC signals as a valid request to opt-out of the "sale" or "sharing" of Your personal data (including for targeted advertising).

Third-Party Tracking: Some third-party websites and service providers (such as social media platforms or gallery hosts) may keep track of Your browsing activities across different websites. You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform these services that You do not want to be tracked. You can also enable GPC in your browser settings or via a browser extension to automatically transmit Your privacy preferences to every website You visit.

Your State Privacy Rights: Direct Marketing and Information Sharing

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (the "Shine the Light" law) and the VCDPA (Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act), residents who have an established business relationship with us may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

• For California Residents: You can request, once a year, a list of the categories of personal information we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year, as well as the names and addresses of those third parties.

• For Virginia and Other State Residents: You have the right to opt-out of the processing of your personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising or the sale of personal data. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their own independent marketing use without your consent.

If you are a resident of California, Virginia, or any other state with applicable privacy laws and would like to make such a request or exercise your right to opt-out of marketing disclosures, please contact Us using the contact information provided in the "Exercising Your Rights" section of this policy.

Privacy Rights for Minor Users

Residents of Virginia, California, and other US states who are under the age of 18 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions) have specific rights regarding content they have provided or posted to online services.

• The Right to Removal (California "Eraser Law"): California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services, or applications to request and obtain the removal of content or information they have publicly posted.

• Parental & Minor Rights (Virginia VCDPA & Other States): Under Virginia law and similar state statutes, parents or legal guardians may invoke the right to access, correct, or delete personal data on behalf of their known child. Minors also have the right to request that their personal data not be used for targeted advertising or profiling.

How to Request Removal: To request the removal or deletion of such data, You or Your parent/guardian can contact Us using the contact information provided below. Please include the email address associated with the account or the specific session.

Limitations and Exceptions: Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content. In accordance with applicable US State Privacy Laws, We may deny a deletion request if the information is:

1. Necessary to fulfill a contract (such as completing the editing and delivery of a commissioned photography gallery or fulfilling a print order).

2. Required for legal compliance (such as maintaining tax records or complying with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act).

3. Publicly available or provided by a third party.

4. Necessary for internal business uses that are reasonably aligned with Your expectations based on Your relationship with Us.

Links to Other Websites and Services

Our Service may contain links to other websites, mobile applications, or online services that are not operated by Us.

• Third-Party Links: If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. This includes links to social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram), payment processors (e.g., PayPal, Square), and gallery hosting services.

• No Control Over Third Parties: We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site or service You visit.

• Integrations: Please note that when You use a third-party service integrated with our Service (such as a booking calendar or an online print shop), Your interactions with those features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable US State Privacy Laws.

• Notification of Changes: We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. If the changes are material (meaning they significantly change how we handle your data), We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service prior to the change becoming effective.

• Tracking Updates: We will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy so you can easily see when it was last revised.

• Your Responsibility: You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By email: Liliaalvaradophotography@gmail.com

• By visiting this page on our website: https://www.facebook.com/LiliaAlvaradoPhotography/