Privacy Policy, Visitor Agreement and Legal Stuff

By reading this website you agree to the terms of the site as developed by Scott Wyden Imagery LLC. The material that appears on Scott Wyden Imagery LLC is for informational and entertainment purposes only.  They are my opinions on product reviews and are not meant to be malicious in any way.  I am just truthful with the opinions.  Scott Wyden Imagery LLC may have a proprietary relationship with some manufacturers or products of review. Scott Wyden Imagery LLC does not permit, covenant, proclaim, or expressly imply that any or all reviews or statements contained herein are proclaimed outside of any such possible proprietary relationship it may have. For more information about the scope of Scott Wyden Imagery LLC’s relationship with any manufacturer or product, please contact me directly.

I also urge user feedback and engagement and can not be held responsible for all of their content.  Scott Wyden Imagery LLC will moderate and remove anything that is deemed inappropriate.  Readers agree not to post intentionally harmful comments, upload virus, spam, or anything else illegal.  Scott Wyden Imagery LLC cannot be held responsible if something like that happens to occur, however.

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Advertisements

Scott Wyden Imagery LLC includes affiliate links in articles and on pages, embedded within the website design.  Affiliates by nature mean that Scott Wyden Imagery LLC only makes a commission if a sale is made after clicking an on an affiliate link.  Google AdSense advertisements will be found in RSS feeds and/or YouTube videos. Scott Wyden Imagery LLC will only utilize affiliate ads from companies and products I believe in or think the product and/or service is worth sharing.

Affiliate links include: Flatbooks, Think Tank Photo, Mindshift Gear, Peachpit Press, on1, TriggerTrap, Amazon, Topaz Labs, MacPhun, Outdoor Photo Gear and more.  I only promote products I believe in, so although they might be affiliate links, I honestly believe in and support the products.

Usage

If you’d like to use the photos displayed on this Blog or on my Portfolio on a personal website, or for any other non-commercial purpose, please ask first. All images are available for printing and are all reproduced by Mpix and Artistic Photo Canvas.  Please contact me or visit my prints section.  If you have interest in licensing any of my photos for commercial or non-commercial purposes please contact me via email or phone.

None of the photographs or images on this Blog or on my Portfolio may be reproduced, downloaded, copied, stored, manipulated, or used whole or in part of a derivative work, without the written permission of Scott Wyden Imagery LLC.

Commenting

Scott Wyden Imagery LLC does not pre-moderate any comments that have already passed the website spam protection and welcome all kinds of thoughts- supportive, critical or otherwise.  Scott Wyden Imagery LLC has the right to delete or censor comments that are:

  • Abusive
  • Off-topic
  • Contains ad-hominem attacks
  • Promotes hate of any kind
  • Uses excessively foul language
  • Is blatantly spam

All comments are filtered through spam filtering technology.  If you find that your comment isn’t immediately showing up, it may have been erroneously flagged as spam. Please email Scott Wyden Imagery LLC to follow up on the status of your comment if it hasnā€™t shown up after 24 hours.

Workshop Liability Limitation

Workshop instructors will be taking photographs to document the event and they might be used for future workshop promotion. With that said, registering will signify your permission to be included in the photographing that will be done during the workshop.

Scott Wyden Imagery LLC., our instructors, guides, and cooperating agents aim to provide every participant a safe, educational, and enjoyable experience. We act solely as agents for you regarding accommodations, special activities, and travel, by any means, and assume no liability for any act, error, omission, injury, loss, delay, mishap, or damage to persons or property arising from any cause during the course of the workshop or in transit thereto. We can accept no responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to delay or changes in the services to be provided. We reserve the right to change our arrangements should conditions necessitate, or to cancel any aspect of the workshop due to exceptional circumstances. In the event that we deem it necessary to cancel the workshop we will provide a full refund which the participant acknowledges as full and final settlement.

As there is always an element of risk in any adventure associated with the outdoors, participants must read this form carefully. This liability release will certify that the participant is physically fit and capable of participating in outdoor photography exercises in field locations, and is fully and completely aware of any associated risks created by field locations and weather.

By joining this workshop I acknowledge that I have read the above information concerning responsibility and release Scott Wyden Imagery LLC, their guides, instructors and any cooperating agent from any liability. Scott Wyden Imagery LLC, will assume no liability for injury, illness, or loss of personal property or expenses thereof associated with workshop participation.

People Who Employ Me

Imagely Media, a WordPress development company. Anything I write about our area of expertise will be inherently biased. My thoughts are of my own and do not reflect others at Imagely Media. Imagely Media owns the trademarks Imagely, Photocrati and NextGEN Gallery.

External Linking Policy

We have created this External Linking Policy to outline our requirements for accepting a link from an external site. Scott Wyden Imagery LLC, welcomes links from websites that strictly adhere to the guidelines set forth in this policy:

If you would like to backlink to the resources on the Scott Wyden Imagery LLC, website, please be sure that the following guidelines are strictly followed:

  • The webpage where the link is being placed must be related to the photograph/article.
  • The linking website should contain original content relevant to Scott Wyden Imagery LLC, and to the content on our site.
  • No content on the Scott Wyden Imagery LLC, website may be copied or re-hosted on another website without consent of Scott Wyden Imagery LLC.

Referral traffic coming from a backlinked site that is in violation of this policy will be blocked.

Privacy Policy

Please review this policy carefully.

The following describes how Scott Wyden Kivowitz (“Scott Wyden Kivowitz,” “I,” “me” or “my”) uses and disseminates information you provide through scottwyden.com and its sub-domains and affiliated sites, as well as Scott Wyden Kivowitz pages and accounts on Twitter®, Facebook®, LinkedIn®, Google Plus®, Instagram® and YouTube® (the “Sites). If you ever have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me at the information below. Please also review my full Terms and Conditions of Use, which also govern your use of the Sites. By using this Site, you are consenting to this Privacy Policy.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Unless I expressly note otherwise, I do not collect personally-identifiable information from users of my Sites. When you visit my Sites, some information about your computer hardware and software is inherently automatically collected, such as your IP address, domain name, browser type, access time and referring website addresses. I typically do not use this information for any purpose, but an example of when I may use this information is in implementing improvements and analyzing the Sites and for troubleshooting purposes. I also utilize this information to monitor and improve services and to ensure that your use of the Sites is in compliance with my Terms of Use. Most of our services do not require any form of registration, allowing you to visit the Sites without telling us who you are. However, some services, such as email opt-ins may require you to provide us with Personal Data. In such a case, you may choose to without any Personal Data requested by us, but it may not be possible for you to gain access to certain parts of the site or content. We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

International privacy laws and your rights under the GDPR

If you are visiting the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that you are sending information to the United States where my servers are located. Information you submit may then be transferred within the United States or back out of the United States to other countries outside of your country of residence, depending on the type of information and how it is stored by me. These countries (including the United States) may not necessarily have data protection laws as comprehensive protective as your country of residence; however, my collection, storage, and use of your data will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Policy.

If you are a member of the European Union (EU), you have special rights under the GDPR. Those include: You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to portability of your data. All complaints must be sent to our support email address. You also have the right to erasure, rectification, access, or to seek restrictions to the processing of your personal data in our system. To the extent you provide consent to our processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Any withdrawal of consent does not apply to data collected lawfully prior to such consent. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority containing jurisdiction over GDPR related issues.

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are the small files which hold certain amount of data, which are placed on the User’s internet enabled device (computer, mobile phone etc.). The cookie data can allow us to understand the User’s experience on our website efficiently and perform certain functions. Cookies do not collect any personal data stored on your hard drive or computer.

HOW WE USE COOKIES?

We use cookies to customize our website to your needs, display personalized content, store the User’s preferences, and measure the promotional effectiveness. We use pixel tags, some small blocks of code on a webpage that allows us to set, read, and modify cookies.

WHAT CATEGORIES OF COOKIES WE USE?

We at Scott Wyden Imagery LLC use different categories of cookies for several purposes, namely: Advertising, Preferences, Analytics.

We use the services of FacebookGoogleTagManagerGoogleAnalytics to measure how you interact with our Website, what is the Website traffic, including, number of users, traffic sources, your behavior, choices and preferences on our Website. In general, these cookies provide us with analytical information about the Website in order to improve, optimize and secure its work.

Cookie nameProviderLifetimeTypeScopeDescription
frFacebook3 monthsAdvertising.facebook.comFacebook re-marketing campaigns.
_fbpFacebook3 monthsAdvertising.scottwyden.comFacebook re-marketing campaigns.
_gat_gtag_UA_6235729_21GoogleTagManagersessionPreferences.scottwyden.comUsed for Google Tag Manager.
_gat_UA-6235729-21GoogleAnalyticssessionAnalytics.scottwyden.comGoogle Analytics Preferences
_gidGoogleAnalytics1 dayAnalytics.scottwyden.comUsed to distinguish users.
_gaGoogleAnalytics2 yearsAnalytics.scottwyden.comUsed to distinguish users.
ad-idPendingā€¦6 monthsAdvertising...amazon-adsystem.comUsed for affiliate marketing.

HOW CAN I MANAGE COOKIES?

You can always disable, restrict or block cookies used on our Website through the settings of your browser on each device. Please find the detailed instructions below for the following browsers:

Please note that disabling/restricting/blocking use of cookies on your device may limit or restrict your experience on our Website or Digital Property.

What they are, and why they are needed

A cookie is a data text file sent from a website to your browser, for the purpose of identifying the user and allows access to portions of the website, thus alleviating the need to continually log in with your username and password. Cookies may be stored within your system. To the extent I use cookies, I can only access information from a cookie sent by one of the Sites, not other websites. I may use cookies to personalize your visit to my Sites, because tracking usage allows me to best determine the needs of my customers and advertisers.

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 ā€œRemember Meā€, 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data retention.

I only retain Personal Data collected from Users for as long as the User’s account is active or otherwise for a limited period of time as long as I need it to fulfill the purposes for which I have initially collected it, unless otherwise required by law. I will retain and use information as necessary to comply with my legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce my agreements for a period of 7 years.

Use of your personal information.

If you do choose to provide your personal information, I will not willingly share your information with companies outside my organization, except as described in this Privacy Policy. You may at times receive communications from me related to products and services that I believe might interest you. While I believe these services may enhance your time spent at the Sites, you will at all times have the option and ability to opt out from receiving these communications by specifically choosing to do so via a link which will be provided within emails that I send to you. I may disclose total aggregated user statistics in order to describe my services to potential advertisers, other third parties, affiliate companies, and for other lawful purposes.

The information I gather from you may be used in several ways, either now or in the future, to gain a better understanding of my Sites’ users and their usage pattern as a whole, for site administration and troubleshooting, to process transactions, contest entries and other matters you initiate, to identify preferences in content and advertising, to target editorial, advertising or other content (such as promotions, special offers or other content) I think might be of interest to you. I may also use information I gather from you to communicate changes and improvements to my website or any registration you have made.

You have the right to request access to the information we have for you. You can do this by contacting us at our support email address. We will make sure to provide you with a copy of the data we process about you In order to comply with your request, we may ask you to verify your identity. We will fulfill your request by sending your copy electronically unless the request specifies a different method. If you believe that the information we have about it is incorrect, or if you wish to remove your private information (such as an email address provided in an opt-in), you may contact us at our support email address. Any data that is no longer needed for the purposes specified herein will be deleted.

I do not give away, sell, rent or lease any users’ personally identifiable information to any merchant, advertiser or web publisher. However, non-personally identifiable user information (such as usage pattern, browser type, and your computer) may be shared with third party businesses or advertisers with which I have a business or contractual relationship. I reserve the right to disclose personal information when needed to comply with the law or a legal process, cooperate with investigations of purported unlawful activities, to identify persons violating the law, in connection with the sale of part or all of Scott Wyden Imagely, LLC’s brands or its affiliates assets, or to enforce my Terms of Use.

Please keep in mind that if you disclose personally identifiable information in a public manner through the Sites, this information may be collected and used by others accessing those portions of the Sites. I do not monitor information you disclose on the Sites nor do I accept any liability associated with your voluntary disclosure of the same.

You are responsible for reviewing the privacy statements and policies of other websites you choose to link to or from the Sites, so that you may understand how those sites collect, use and store your information. I am not responsible for the privacy statements, policies or content of any other websites. Websites containing co-branding (referencing my name and a third party’s name) contain content delivered by the third party and not me.

Notice of privacy rights to California residents.

California law requires that I provide you with a summary of your privacy rights under the California Online Privacy Protection Act (the “Act”) and the California Business and Professions Code. As required by the Act, I will provide you with the categories of personally identifiable information that I collect through this website and the categories of third-party persons or entities with whom such personally identifiable information may be shared for direct marketing purposes at your request. California law requires me to inform you, at your request: (1) the categories of personally identifiable information I collect and what third parties I share that information with; (2) the names and addresses of those third parties; and (3) examples of the products marketed by those companies. The Act further requires me to allow you to control who I can and cannot share that information with. To obtain this information, please send a request by email or standard mail to the address found below. When contacting me please indicate your name, address, email address, and what personally identifiable information you do not want me to share with third parties. Please allow thirty (30) days for a response. Also, please note that there is no charge for controlling the sharing of your personally identifiable information or requesting this notice.

Limitations.

By using the Sites you agree that I am not responsible for: (i) any disclosure of your personal information made by you to a third party through your use of the Sites; (ii) any disclosure of your personal information obtained illegally from me; or (iii) any accidental disclosure of your personal information made by me.

Policy changes.

I may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any modifications will be effective immediately when I post them. I will take steps to notify users of any modifications, however, you are responsible for reviewing any modified terms. When I update my Policy, I will note the date of revisions at the top of the Policy. Your continued use of a Site following any changes means you accept and agree to any changes. For your convenience and future reference, the date of the Privacy Policy is included so that you can compare any different versions of the Privacy Policy to determine any changes made to the Privacy Policy.

My policy with minors.

My Sites are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. If you are under 18, you may only use the Sites under the supervision of a parent or guardian. I do not collect or maintain information from anyone known to be under the age of 18, and no part of this website is designed to attract anyone under the age of 18. I do not sell products or services intended for purchase by children. If I discover or are otherwise notified that I have received any such information from a child in violation of this policy, I will delete that information.

Your comments and concerns.

This website is operated by Scott Wyden Kivowitz, 420 Main St. PO Box 483. Tennent NJ 07763. All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Sites should be directed to our support email address.

Security

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Updated 9/3/2024