Privacy Policy -

At Photos by René, we respect and protect the privacy of our clients and other visitors who use our website. The following Privacy Statement provides details about how your personal information is collected and used.

Information Collection and Use
Photos by Ren
é is the sole owner of information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. TouchPoint Agency collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Our website offers opportunities for our clients and visitors to register for newsletters, promotional and informational mailings, online webinars, blog feeds & Podcasts, marketing & branding resources, client support, and assistance in evaluating our services. Registration forms used on the website are linked to Photos by René's relationship management system and mailing lists and require users to give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this contact information to send users information about our company and its services if requested or as necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings at any time (see the choice/opt-out section below).

Information Sharing and Usage
Photos by Ren
é will never share, sell, or rent your personal information with third parties without your prior approval. Occasionally, we enter into contracts with third parties so that they can assist us in servicing you (for example, providing client services). Our agreements prohibit them from using any of your personal information for their own purposes, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information we provide to them. We may disclose or report personal information in limited circumstances where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required under the law. For example, we may be required to disclose personal information to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities, to comply with a legal process such as court order, subpoena, search warrant, or law enforcement request.

Use of Web Technologies
Photos by Ren
é uses a variety of technologies on our sites. Among these are cookies; a piece of information that our websites provide to your browser when you visit our sites. Cookies allow us to verify the login status of clients using services linked directly from our website, and track point of entry to point of registration. Cookies also allow us to track overall site usage. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. If you choose to disable cookies, you may still use our site however, you may have limited or no access to certain areas.

We may access and set cookies using web beacons, also known as single-pixel GIFs which are invisible graphical images. These web beacons provide us useful information regarding our site such as which pages users access. When we send you emails, we may include a single-pixel GIF to allow us to determine the number of people who open our emails. When you click on a link in an email, we record this individual response to allow us to customize our offerings to you.

We also keep track of activity on our website via log files stored on our web servers. We collect information such as IP address, browser type and version, and pages you view. We also keep track of how you got to our site and any links you click on to leave our site. Once you leave our site, we do not track you. We use your website activity to assist us in offering you a personalized Web experience, assist you with technical support, diagnose problems with our server, administer our websites and to tailor our service offerings to you.

External Links
Some areas of our site provide external links to third-party websites such as those of our affiliates, business partners and online advertisers. External links will always open in a new browser window. Because Photos by Ren
é does not control the information policies or practices of these third parties, you should review their privacy policies to learn more about how they collect and use personally identifiable information.
Links to external third-party websites are provided as a convenience for our clients & visitors and do not imply our company's sponsorship, approval or endorsement of these sites, their products, and/or services. We are not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and do not make any representations regarding the contents or accuracy of materials on those sites. While we continually maintain the links on our website, we are not responsible for the broken links of third-party sites-- contact those sites individually to report missing links.

Email Opt-out / Opt-in
Photos by Ren
é provides users the opportunity to opt-in, opt-out or change preferences via a link in the footer of most email messages. These options are also made available when you sign-up for our email lists. Alternatively, you can unsubscribe to our correspondence by emailing us at (unsubscribe@photosbyrene.com).

Notification of Changes
If our privacy policy changes, we will post those changes on (
http://photosbyrene.com) so our clients and visitors are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.


This Privacy Policy Last Updated on: Thursday October 13th, 2005
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