Privacy Policy
Terms and Conditions of Use
Your privacy is important to us. It is the Stella Maris Studio’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect on the site.
We ask for personal information only when we truly need it to provide a service. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also inform you why we are collecting it and how it will be used.
We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide the requested service. When we store data, we protect it using commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
We do not share personally identifying information publicly or with third parties, except when required by law.
Our site may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility for their respective privacy policies.
You are free to refuse our request for personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide some of the desired services.
Your continued use of our site will be regarded as acceptance of our practices regarding privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, please contact us.
Collection of Personal Data
We store only the personal data provided by the user on our website via data collection forms. We request information such as name, telephone number, mobile number, and email address. On occasion, we may also request details such as address, city, state, country, company, job title, profession, business sector, company size (number of employees), educational background, and marketing preferences through the various forms found across the site. Records of contact made with us via email or telephone may also be stored.
Cookies Policy
What are cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies—small files downloaded to your computer—to improve your browsing experience. This page describes what information they collect, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also explain how you can prevent these cookies from being stored; however, doing so may impair or compromise the functionality of certain elements of the site.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry-standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. We recommend that you keep all cookies enabled if you are unsure whether you need them or not, as they may be essential for providing a service you use.
Disabling cookies
You can prevent cookies from being set by adjusting your browser settings (consult your browser’s Help section to learn how to do this). Please note that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this site and many others you visit. Generally, disabling cookies will also result in the disabling of certain functionalities and features of this site. Therefore, we recommend that you do not disable cookies.
Cookies we set:
Account-related cookies
If you create an account with us, we will use cookies to manage the sign-up process and general administration. These cookies are usually deleted when you log out; however, in some cases, they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
Login-related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Form-related cookies
When you submit data through a form—such as those found on contact pages or in comment forms—cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Site preference cookies
To provide you with a great experience on this site, we offer functionality to set your preferences for how the site runs when you use it. To remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be retrieved whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.
Third-Party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you may encounter on this site.
This site may use Google Analytics—one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web—to help us understand how you use the site and how we can improve your experience. These cookies may track metrics such as the time you spend on the site and the pages you visit, enabling us to continue producing engaging content. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please visit the official Google Analytics page.
Third-party analytics are used to track and measure site usage so that we can continue producing engaging content. These cookies may track metrics such as the time you spend on the site or the pages you visit, helping us understand how to improve the site for you. We periodically test new features and make subtle changes to the site’s presentation. When testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure a consistent experience while you browse the site, helping us understand which optimizations our users appreciate most.
User Commitment
The user agrees to make appropriate use of the content and information we offer on our site, including, but not limited to:
A) Not engaging in activities that are illegal or contrary to good faith and public order;
B) Not disseminating content or advertising of a racist or xenophobic nature, or related to online betting sites, illegal pornography, the promotion of terrorism, or violations of human rights;
C) Not causing damage to the physical (hardware) and logical (software) systems of our site, its suppliers, or third parties by introducing or spreading computer viruses or any other hardware or software systems capable of causing the aforementioned damage.
More Information
We hope this clarifies matters; as previously mentioned, if there is something you are unsure about regarding whether you need it, it is generally safer to leave cookies enabled in case you interact with one of the features you use on our site.
This policy is effective as of July 2016.