Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes how we handle your personal information. We collect, use, and share personal information to help the World Photographers Club by Darkroom Technologies India Pvt. Ltd website ("World Photographers Club") work and to keep it safe (details below). In formal terms, World Photographers Club India Private Limited, acting itself and through its subsidiaries, is the "data controller" of your personal information. This policy is effective 16/11/2015

Collection. Information posted on World Photographers Club is obviously publicly available. Our servers are located in Mumbai, India. Therefore, if you choose to provide us with personal information, you are consenting to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers. We collect and store the following personal information: • email address, physical contact information, and (depending on the service used) sometimes financial information; • computer sign-on data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from World Photographers Club and Ad data (all through cookies – you can take steps to disable the cookies on your browser although this is likely to affect your ability to use the site); • other information, including users IP address and standard web log information.

Use. We use users' personal information to:

provide our services;

resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;

encourage safe trading and enforce our policies;

customize users' experience, measure interest in our services, and inform users about services and updates;

communicate marketing and promotional offers to you;

Do other things for users as described when we collect the information.

Disclosure.

All information contained by World Photographers Club is treated as strictly confidential and World Photographers Club does not and will not disclose or share such confidential information to / with any external organization.

The users’ privacy is very important to us. We do not and shall not at any point in time, either sell or rent users’ personal information to third parties without users’ explicit consent.

We may be required from time to time to disclose users’ personal information to Governmental or law enforcing agencies or our regulators, but we will only do so under proper authority.

World Photographers Club also reserves the right to make use of the personal information in any investigation or judicial process relating to fraud on account of such transactions during the period World Photographers Club retains such information.

We may also disclose personal information to enforce our policies, respond to claims that a posting or other content violates other’s rights, or protects anyone’s rights, property or safety.

We may also share personal information with:

- Corporate affiliates who help detect or prevent potentially illegal acts and provide joint services (Our corporate affiliates will market only to users who ask them to).
- Service providers who help with our business operations.

Using Information from World Photographers Club. You may use personal information gathered from World Photographers Club only to follow and/or comment on the profile of another, not to send spam/ phishing or collect personal information from someone who hasn't agreed to that.

Access, Modification, and Deletion. You can see, modify or erase your personal information by reviewing profile page. Contact customer support at worldphotographersclub@gmail.com to review any personal information we store that is not available on World Photographers Club. There may be a charge associated with such requests but these will not exceed the amounts permitted by law. We delete personal information when we no longer need it for the purposes we described earlier. We retain personal information as permitted by law to resolve disputes, enforce our policies; and prevent bad guys from coming back.

Data Security. We use a number of mechanisms (encryption, passwords, physical security) to protect the security and integrity of your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. So while we strive to protect such information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once any personal information comes into our possession, we will take reasonable steps to protect that information from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.

Confidentiality of Information. Users who use any of the features on World Photographers Club agree and accept that they have been fully informed by World Photographers Club that the use of features may lead to publication, to all users of World Photographers Club, of any personal information posted by them while using any specific feature on World Photographers Club. Users further agree that the authenticity of, and consequences from the posting by users of any personal information of themselves or any other person, are the sole responsibility of the user. Users further agree and accept that the terms of the Privacy Policy will be applicable to the use of all features, existing and new. However, the Users agree and accept that confidentiality of information posted on such features has been waived by the Users of such features themselves.

External Links. For your convenience we may provide links to sites operated by organizations other than World Photographers Club (“Third Party Sites”) that we believe may be of interest to you. We do not disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to these Third Party Sites without obtaining your consent. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third Party Sites. If you choose to click on a link to one of these Third Party Sites, you should review the privacy policy posted on the other site to understand how that Third Party Site collects and uses your Personally Identifiable Information. International Privacy Practices. World Photographers Club’s Sites are primarily operated and managed on Google servers. In order to provide our products and services to you, we may send and store your personal information (also commonly referred to as personal data) outside of the country where you reside or are located, including to countries that may not or do not provide the same level of protection for your personal information. We are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information when it is transferred. By using and accessing our products and services, users agree and consent to the transfer to and processing of personal information on servers located outside of the country where they reside, and that the protection of such information may be different than required under the laws of their residence or location.

General. We may update, upgrade, modify (partially &/or fully) this policy at any time, with updates taking effect when you next post or after 30 days, whichever is sooner. If we or our corporate affiliates are involved in a merger or acquisition, we may share personal information with another company, but this policy will continue to apply. Send questions about this policy to pr@worldphotographersclub.com.

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Terms and Conditions

Please read the following carefully

1) All photographs,blogs and other content posted on www.worldphotographersclub.com should be your own and should not be copied from anyone else.

2) www.worldphotographersclub.com is not responsible for any damage to your content.

3) By making an account and agreeing to terms and conditions you give non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to any content you post to www.worldphotographersclub.com and permission to promote your work on www.worldphotographersclub.com and social media

4) You should not use or post work of another photographer on www.worldphotographersclub.com. If you wish to use someone else's work make sure to take prior permission from the content author and properly cite authors name where ever you use his/her content.

5) Users/Photographers are responsible for all content they upload, and should not contain content that might be threatening, pornographic, invokes violence

6) Users/Photographers should not upload any virusses or other malacious content that might harm www.worldphotographersclub.com

7) www.worldphotographersclub.com reserves the right to delete any user, photographs, blogs and other content that do not follow these Terms and Conditions.

8) www.worldphotographersclub.com reserves the right to change these terms and conditions before prior notice.

Points-to-Money (P2M) System Terms and Conditions

These terms are effective as of 1st November 2015 The P2M System is available to users who accept these terms and conditions of use of this service. The user account holds potential balance of money received from the P2M System or from other sources we approve. You may be able to redeem some or all of this money. The P2M System provides an opportunity to earn money in connection with certain activities that take place on or in connection with the System, such as posting Content that generates ad revenue.

General provisions

The P2M System uses a proprietary algorithm to award points for all activity on the website to the viewer and the provider of content. These points are equivalent to money balance in your account based on a conversion factor. If your account money balance is above the threshold we specify for withdrawal, you may request a withdrawal. The value in the your account is not yours until (i) while the value exceeds the applicable threshold, you request a withdrawal, (ii) you provide us with any information and documentation we require, including valid instructions for making a payment to you, and (iii) your account, the relevant value, and the withdrawal pass our validity and compliance checks and audits. Any fraudulent activity leading to point accumulation using unfair means will lead to cancelling payment eligibility. We reserve the right to change and improve the features, functionality and internal workings of the P2M System at any time and at our sole discretion. This includes adding, modifying or removing specific features and functionality. This right extends to modifications to our algorithms, setting of conversion factor, threshold limit, which may adversely affect you. For example, we may change the published or unpublished aspects of the algorithm at any time, including but not limited to changes relating to (i) what types of activity on the System award points, (ii) how revenue for distribution is calculated, and (iii) how money is transferred to relevant parties. You agree to any and all methods of points and money calculations or algorithms that Darkroom Technologies has or will have in the future. Prior to any payment being made to you, and at any time, Darkroom Technologies reserves the right to audit your or related parties’ usage of the System or the origin of the funds, including by using a third party to verify the validity of any user account or related information. You agree to assist us and you consent to our accessing any information we deem necessary to determine the validity of your account, your account balance, and your request for withdrawal. At any time, we may remove from point accumulation and P2M System (or block from entering your account) any money that we conclude is the result of a violation of these Terms and Conditions. For example, if you post Content that we later conclude violates a third party’s rights under copyright law, we may deduct from your WPC account any WPC points attributable to that Content that we deposited into your user account. Other examples include money that is the result of (a) spam, invalid impressions or invalid clicks on ads generated by any person, automated program or similar method, (b) clicks solicited or impressions generated by payment of money, false representation, or requests for end users to click on ads or take other actions; (c) ads served to end users whose browsers have JavaScript disabled. We may temporarily suspend a payment into your WPC account while we investigate whether to block it. If we issue a deduction to your user account after we have paid you by the P2M system, this may result in a negative balance, and you agree to promptly pay us the negative balance. We may restrict or change the acceptable methods for receiving money from your WPC account. For example, in some countries, we may choose to issue these payments only by a third-party service such as PayPal. In any case, you are responsible for any and all charges assessed by your bank or payment provider resulting from the use of the Service. We reserve the right to impose withdrawal limits, such as limiting withdrawals to $1,000 per day. We reserve the right to transfer custody of the funds and management of any aspect of the P2M System or user account money balance to a third party. Darkroom Technologies reserves the right to modify and/or withdraw this scheme at any given time.

Taxes

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you are responsible for any applicable taxes associated with income you generate via the P2M System, other than taxes based on our net income, and all payments from us to you in relation to the P2M System will be treated as inclusive of tax (when applicable) and will not be adjusted. To comply with tax law and other legal requirements, Darkroom Technologies reserves the right to disclose revenue information or other data to tax authorities and other governmental entities as we deem appropriate. We may send you tax forms or other documents for you to review, complete and/or file. The filing of relevant tax documents is the sole responsibility of you, and you agree to comply with any filing requirements. You agree to absolve Darkroom Technologies of responsibility for any tax or filing fees you may incur (for example, you being charged a penalty for failing to file the tax forms in a timely manner).

Deactivation of P2M System

You may deactivate the Points-2-Money any time by requesting deactivation of your WPC user account under your account settings as described in the Terms of Use. The P2M System will be deactivated if we close or terminate your account. If the P2M System is deactivated and the balance (after any deductions we make pursuant to the General Provisions above) equals or exceeds the applicable threshold, you need to redeem the balance by a written or email request within 30 days of the account closure. We will pay you that balance within approximately 90 days after the end of the calendar year in which you deactivate the P2M System, subject to the General Provisions above. You will not have any claim to a balance that is below the applicable threshold.

Changes to the P2M System

Darkroom Technologies may amend the P2M System at any time and at its sole discretion, by posting the updated version on worldphotographersclub.com (such as via link to it in the footer). Unless you reject the update as described below, you will be deemed to accept the changes and they will take effect at the earlier of:

12:00 p.m. GMT on the 10th day after posting to www.worldphotographersclub.com; or

Your acceptance of them via a click-through process or some other method that we specify.

To reject a proposed update, you must, by the deadline on the day specified above, and without accepting the update, deactivate your account as described above. If you follow the process above to reject the update, then the update will not take effect between us and you. However, if you later wish to opt in to P2M System, or accept the update in some other manner, you will be subject to the relevant version of the P2M System Terms in effect at that time, including its update process. If you do not follow the process above to reject the update, then it will apply on a going-forward basis as of the date and time it takes effect.