This Privacy Policy informs you of how this Site and the features and content associated with it, and e.g. social media profiles associated with this site collect, store and process personal data. The definitions of the terms used (provider, person responsible, processor, etc.) are explained in Art. 4 GDPR.

(Complete GDPR can be found here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content )

Use

Privacy Policy & Image Use Restrictions

1. Introduction

This privacy contract outlines the rights and limitations regarding the use of images and content displayed on this website owned by Stephen Greeff ("Website Owner"). By accessing or using this website, you agree to comply with the terms outlined in this policy. These terms are designed to protect the creative works of the Website Owner, specifically against unauthorized commercial use, including by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

2. Ownership of Content

All images, photographs, and visual content ("Content") on this website are the exclusive property of Stephen Greeff. Unauthorized reproduction, modification, distribution, or commercial exploitation of any content is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from the Website Owner.

3. Restrictions on AI and Machine Learning

The Content on this website may not be used, collected, or processed by any artificial intelligence systems or machine learning models for any purpose, including but not limited to:

Training AI algorithms.
Creating derivative works or altered versions using AI tools.
Commercial use by AI systems in any form.

By accessing this website, you agree that no images or data from this site will be used for AI training, modeling, or data aggregation purposes.

4. Restrictions on User-Generated Commercial Use

Users are strictly prohibited from using any Content from this website for their own commercial purposes without explicit permission from the Website Owner. This includes, but is not limited to:

Reproducing, selling, or distributing the content.
Incorporating the images into any advertisements, merchandise, or promotional materials.
Licensing or sublicensing the Content for commercial purposes.
Displaying or using the Content in any way that generates revenue for the user.

5. Fair Use

Users may access and share the Content for non-commercial, personal purposes (such as sharing links to images on social media with proper attribution). Any unauthorized commercial use will be considered a violation of this policy and may result in legal action.

6. Attribution and Credit

If users wish to share or repost any Content from this website, they must provide appropriate credit to the Website Owner (Stephen Greeff) and include a direct link back to the original content on this website.

7. Enforcement of Rights

Website Owner reserves the right to enforce intellectual property rights against any parties that infringe upon the restrictions outlined in this policy. This includes pursuing legal actions against those who use the Content for unauthorized AI development or commercial purposes.

8. Modification of Policy

This privacy contract may be updated or modified by the Website Owner at any time. Users are responsible for reviewing this policy regularly to ensure compliance.

9. Contact Information

For permission requests or further inquiries, please contact Stephen Greeff at [insert contact information].

Scope

This privacy policy clarifies users about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the responsible provider:

Stephen Greeff Photography
1 glengariff terraces three anchor bay
8005 cape town/ South Africa

and third parties, such as the website providers and social media profiles associated with this website, and embedded functions.

We inform you about the legal basis of our data processing in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR.

If the explicit legal basis is not mentioned in the privacy policy, the following legal bases apply:

- Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR for obtaining consent
- Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for processing to fulfill our services, execution of contractual measures, answering of inquiries
- Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR for processing to fulfill our legal obligations
- Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for processing for the protection of our legitimate interests
- Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR for processing for the protection of vital interests of the affected or another natural person.

SSL encryption

This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by changing the address line of the browser from "http: //" to "https: //" and the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us can not be read by third parties.

Order processing

The operator of this website has made agreements with the providers Squarespace Ireland Ltd and 1 & 1 Internet SE for order data processing (ADV) according to Art. 28 GDPR. The contractors certify the secure and high-prioritized handling of the transmitted and generated data in their data centers. For complete information on the privacy policies of Squarespace Ireland Ltd and 1 & 1 Internet SE, please visit: https://squarespace.com/dpa/ and https://www.squarespace.com/privacy and https://hosting.1und1.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy/ .

Data transmission to third countries (ie outside the EU or EEA)

Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or have the data processed in a third country only in the presence of the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR. That the processing is e.g. on the basis of specific guarantees, such as the officially recognized level of data protection (eg for the USA through the Privacy Shield)

Access data / server log files

The provider (or its web space provider Squarespace Ireland Ltd and 1 & 1 Internet SE), based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO levy data on every access to the server of this offer (so-called server log files). This includes the following access data:

- Name of the retrieved website
- File, date and time of retrieval
- the transferred amount of data
- Feedback on successful retrieval
- Browser type and version
- the operating system of the user
- Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
- IP address
- requesting provider.

The provider uses the log data only for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of the offer. However, the provider reserves the right to subsequently review the log data if, on the basis of concrete evidence, the legitimate suspicion of unlawful use exists.

Handling of personal data

Personal information is any information that is identified or identifiable by a person. This includes the name, email address or phone number. Personal data are only collected, used and passed on by the provider if this is permitted by law or if the user agrees to the data collection or actively enters his data via the contact form or sends an e-mail by sending it.

Contact

When contacting the provider (for example, by contact form or e-mail), the details of the user for the purpose of processing the request as well as in the event that follow-up questions arise, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR saved. The personal data will be deleted if they are no longer required. In addition, the legal retention periods have priority.

Cookies are small text files that store specific device-related information on your access device. The legal basis for processing is either Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR or pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR the preservation of our legitimate interest in the best possible functionality and stability as well as the user-friendly design of our website and the optimized presentation of our offer. In addition, they are used to collect the statistical data of website usage and web analysis. You can restrict or prevent the storage of cookies on your hard drive by setting your Internet browser accordingly, for example by generally deactivating the automatic setting of cookies. Below we provide you with links for typical browsers, where you can find further information about the administration of cookie settings:

- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-allow-and-dispose
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&hlrm=en&answer=95647
- Internet Explorer / Edge: https://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_US

However, we point out that without cookies the use and especially the comfort of use of this website may be limited. You can find many online advertising cookies from companies through the US-American site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU page http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ manage. S.a. under "Squarespace Activity and Statistics".

Squarespace Activity and Statistics

This website uses Squarespace Activity and Statistics, a web analysis service of Squarespace Ireland Ltd., 1st Floor, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland ("Squarespace"). Squarespace uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow analysis of the use of our website. The information generated by this text file about the use of this website is transmitted to a server of Squarespace and stored there. Squarespace uses this information to evaluate the use of our website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. As part of IP anonymization, your IP address will be truncated by Squarespace within a member state of the EU or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. For complete information on Squarespace's privacy policy, please visit https://www.squarespace.com/privacy . Squarespace's IP address submitted by your browser will not be merged with other Squarespace data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by changing the settings of your browser software accordingly. Disabling cookies may result in functional restrictions. You also have the option to opt-out of Squarespace's collection. With the Squarespace JavaScripts browser add-on, site visitors can prevent their data from being collected and used by Squarespace.

Integration of services and contents of third parties

Within our online offer are based on our legitimate interests (here interest in the analysis and optimization of this website) in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, third-party content and service offerings, e.g. Include videos or fonts ("content"). This generally assumes that the third-party content provider captures the user's IP address, because without this IP address, the content can not be sent to the browser. An IP address is therefore absolutely necessary for the presentation of this content. We endeavor to use only those content whose respective providers only use the IP address to transmit the required content.

Using Adobe Typekit

The visual design of this website uses Adobe Typekit. Typekit is a service of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd. which grants us access to a font library. To integrate the fonts we use, your browser needs to connect to an Adobe server in the US and download the font we need for our website. Adobe receives the information that your website has been called from your IP address. For more information about Adobe Typekit, see the Adobe privacy policy, which can be found here: www.adobe.com/privacy/typekit.html

Tumblr

This offer uses the buttons of Tumblr. These buttons are provided by Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA, at help@tumblr.com. They can be recognized by the term "Tumblr" or the button "t". Through these buttons it is possible to share a post or page of this offer on Tumblr or to follow the provider of Tumblr. When a user accesses a web page of this web site that contains such a button, its browser establishes a direct connection to the Tumblr servers. The content of the Tumblr buttons will be transmitted by Tumblr directly to the user's browser. The provider therefore has no influence on the extent of the data, which raises Tumblr with the help of this plugin and informs the users according to his knowledge. After this, only the IP address of the user, the URL of each web page when the button is received, but not used for purposes other than the display of the button. Further information can be found in the Tumblr privacy policy at https://www.tumblr.com/privacy/en_eu.

Instagram

This website integrates Instagram components. Instagram is a service that, as an audiovisual platform, allows users to share photos and videos and also disseminate such data to other social networks. Instagram's operating company is Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, USA. Each time you call up one of the individual pages of this website on which an Instagram component (Insta-Button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the user's information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Instagram component to download a representation of the corresponding component of Instagram. As part of this technical process, Instagram is aware of which specific bottom of our website is visited by the user. If the user is simultaneously logged in to Instagram, recognizes Instagram with his visit to our website and during the entire period of their stay on our website, which specific bottom of the user visited. This information is collected through the Instagram component and assigned through Instagram to the relevant person's Instagram account. If the user activates one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transferred with it are assigned to his personal Instagram user account and saved and processed by Instagram. Instagram always receives information via the Instagram component that a user has visited our website if the user is simultaneously logged in to Instagram at the time of accessing this website; this happens regardless of whether the user clicks on the Instagram component or not. If you do not want to provide this information to Instagram, you can prevent this transmission by logging out of your Instagram account before visiting our website. Additional information and Instagram's privacy policy can be found at https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Rights of users and deletion of data

According to Art. 15 GDPR, users have the right to receive information free of charge on request about the personal data that we have stored about them. In addition, according to Art. 16 GDPR, users have the right to complete and correct inaccurate data in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR revocation of consent, blocking and deletion of their personal data or pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR a restriction of the processing of their data Right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of the acceptance of unlawful data processing pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR. The data stored with us are deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for their purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements. Exemptions from the obligation to delete collected data, e.g. if the data for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal rights must be stored, Art. 17 para. 3 e GDPR.

Changes to the privacy policy

I reserve the right to change the privacy policy in order to adapt it to changed legal situations, or to changes in the service and data processing. However, this only applies to declarations of data processing. If users' consent is required or elements of the privacy policy contain provisions of the contractual relationship with the users, the changes will only be made with the consent of the users. Users are requested to inform themselves regularly about the content of the privacy policy.

Supplementary note

When communicating via e-mail, complete data security can not be guaranteed, so we recommend you to send confidential information by post. The use of any contact information published on this website and the contact details of the photographer by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly excluded. The operator of this site expressly reserves the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.