Who we are

Photo Kaizen is a specialist in photographic training through feedback and assessment of user-submitted images.

Our website address is: https://photokaizen.co.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you may wish to avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. However as your critique is private, it is unlikely that this would be a concern.

Submissions

Your image data will be hosted temporarily with a cloud storage provider while your submission is assessed. These submissions are deleted periodically unless the user has opted-in to allow Photo Kaizen to share their work.

Text components of the submission will automatically be deleted after one month.

Cookies

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.

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.

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.

Comments

Comments by default are disabled.

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.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Your submission data will be shared with one of our experts for the purpose of assessment. If an expert feels they are unable to provide effective critique, this may be passed onto another expert.

If you opt-in to allow us to share your work, your image may be shared via our website or social media channels with credit.

Your data may be shared with others to meet our legal and accounting obligations under Australian law.

We use Stripe for payments, analytics, and other business services. Stripe may collect personal data including via cookies and similar technologies. The personal data Stripe collects may include transactional data and identifying information about devices that connect to its services. Stripe uses this information to operate and improve the services it provides to us, including for fraud detection, loss prevention, authentication, and analytics related to the performance of its services. You can learn more about Stripe and read its privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.

How long we retain your data

For users that register on our website, we 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). Select Photo Kaizen representatives can also see and edit that information. Photo Kaizen experts can modify information as it relates to achievements, but cannot see the remaining personal information.

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.

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.

Image data from your submission may be stored in a cloud service while assessment is taking place.