Your Data Safety Comes First

You have a right to know how laif deals with the confidential data that you send us while working on our website. We respect your right to decide whether and to what extent your data is used and stored. The following data protection regulations provide information about the storage and usage of your data. This information will be useful when you come to making decisions about any restrictions you want to impose. These rules apply to laif, unless any other conditions were previously agreed to in a contract, either on- or offline.

If you have any questions about the following data protection regulations or any part of them, we would be happy to help you. Please send your questions to mail@laif.de.


Data Protection

laif.de is run by “laif-Agentur für Photos und Reportagen GmbH” in the Federal Republic of Germany. By using this website you are agreeing to the following conditions:

(1) Data stored on this website will remain stored and can be retrieved for an unspecified period of time.

(2) laif can use this data for a variety of purposes:
• to process your orders and invoices
• to send offers, advertising campaigns, important information and announcements
• to conduct market analysis
• to make it easier for you to use with website
• to contact you

(3) laif is authorized to pass the required amount of data on to collection organizations. If their policy in dealing with data differs from laif’s, laif does not accept liability for this.

(4) Customer information, including personal data, can be disclosed in the case of mergers, sale or purchase of company property, declared bankruptcy or officially certified insolvency. In this case personal data would be handed on as part of the company’s assets.

(5) We reserve our right to pass on personal information, if we are ordered to do so by law. This also applies to any legal proceedings in which our company’s, our employees’, our customers’ or the public’s rights concerning security or property must be protected.

(6) Unless otherwise stated in the data protection regulations, laif will not pass on, rent or sell any customer data to third parties for advertising or marketing purposes.


Data Stored on our Site

When you visit this site, certain data, such as the website through which you found us, your IP or email address, or information on searching and purchasing can be automatically stored by this site’s software. This data is used in order to create user profiles and to better align our website with your specific interests. You will be asked to supply information in online-forms in order to use our services. You are free to decide whether or not you want to fill in these forms. However, if you do not, you might not have access to all of our products and services.

Cookies

When you visit laif.de, we send a text-file, a so-called cookie, to the browser’s directory on your computer’s main disc. A cookie is a small file which stores the websites in your web browser and retrieves them later. Cookies have a number of advantages. They enable laif to recognize data, such as the special light boxes, which you used to select the right material for your specific purposes. Cookies can be used for displaying previous search results. They also make retrieving light boxes easier.
Most browsers are able to deny access to cookies. However, if you choose this option, it might prevent laif’s web pages from being displayed properly. Of course you are free to decide whether or not you want to delete our cookies after visiting laif.de. Your browser should have instructions on this topic.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address truncated by the last octet prior to its storage using the “_anonymizeIp()” method) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You can opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Links to other Websites

Data protection regulations on sites to which we are linked, including partner agencies and photographers, might differ from those presented above. We cannot be held liable for the way in which your data is treated on websites which you reached through links. We strongly advise you to look into their specific regulations.


Amendments to these Online Data Protection Regulations

We reserve our right to change or add to these data protection regulations at any time. However, we will not do so without publishing an updated copy on this website. We recommend that you read these instructions every time you visit our site so that you know how we plan to deal with your stored data.

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