Effective Date: 6-Jul-2025
Last Updated: 6-Jul-2025
At Manish Upadhyay Photography (accessible from https://manishupadhyayphotography.com), the privacy of our visitors is one of our top priorities. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information that is collected and recorded by this website and how we use it.
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
1. Information We Collect
We collect both personal and non-personal information from you when you interact with our website.
a) Personal Information
You may be asked to provide your:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number (optional)
- Comments or messages through the contact form
We collect this information only when you voluntarily submit it to us via:
- Contact forms
- Email communications
- Newsletter subscriptions (if enabled)
- Commenting on blog posts
b) Non-Personal Information
Automatically collected through log files or cookies:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Pages visited
- Referring/exit pages
- Time spent on the site
2. Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, Manish Upadhyay Photography uses cookies to store information such as user preferences and the pages on the website the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the user experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
You can disable cookies through your browser settings.
For more general information on cookies, please read What Are Cookies.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information to:
- Respond to inquiries or questions
- Improve website functionality and user experience
- Send periodic emails (if opted in)
- Monitor and analyze usage trends
- Protect against spam, fraud, and abuse
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
4. Google AdSense and Third-Party Ads
We use Google AdSense to display ads on our website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (such as DART cookies) to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and other sites on the Internet.
You may opt-out of personalized ads by visiting:
Google Ads Settings
Google’s advertising partners may also use cookies and web beacons. Their privacy policies can be found at:
Google Policies
These third-party ad servers automatically receive your IP address and may use tracking technologies like cookies or JavaScript to personalize advertising content you see.
We have no control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
5. Children’s Information
Protecting children online is very important to us. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13.
If you believe your child has provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best to promptly remove such information from our records.
6. External Links
Our website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and privacy practices of these sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies individually.
7. Data Security
We take reasonable precautions to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to use industry-standard methods, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your country of residence (e.g., EU or California), you may have rights under applicable privacy laws, including:
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to request correction or deletion
- Right to opt out of data sharing or targeted ads
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:
manishupadhyay.photography[@]gmail.com
9. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests about this Privacy Policy, feel free to reach out:
Email: manishupadhyay.photography@gmail.com
Website: https://manishupadhyayphotography.com/contact-me/
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://manishupadhyayphotography.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 visit our login page, 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.
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 “Remember Me”, 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.