Data protection

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Protecting your personal data when it is collected, processed, and used when you visit our website is important to us. Your data is protected in accordance with legal regulations. Below you will find information about what data is collected during your visit to the website and how it is used:

I. Name and address of the person responsible

The person responsible for the processing of personal data such as data is:

Mark Elst

Telephone: + 33 (0) 7 82 29 20 33
E-mail: mark@markelst.com
Website: https://www.markelst.com/

II. Personal data that we process

Mark Elst Photography processes your personal data because you use our services and/or because you provide this information to us yourself.
Below you will find an overview of the personal data we process:

- First and last name
- Phone number
- E-mail address
- IP address
- Location data
- Information about your activities on our website
- Internet browser and device type


Our website and/or service does not intend to collect data about website visitors under the age of 16. Unless they have parental or guardian consent. However, we cannot check whether a visitor is older than 16. We, therefore, advise parents to be involved in the online activities of their children, in order to prevent data about children from being collected without parental consent. If you are convinced that we have collected personal information about a minor without this permission, please contact us at mark@markelst.com and we will delete this information.

Mark Elst Photography processes your personal data for the following purposes:

- To be able to call or e-mail you if this is necessary to carry out our services
- Mark Elst Photography analyzes your behavior on the website in order to improve the website and tailor the range of products and services to your preferences.

Mark Elst Photography does not store your personal data longer than is strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data is collected.

III. Cookies, or similar techniques, that we use

Mark Elst Photography uses functional, analytical and tracking cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored in the browser of your computer, tablet or smartphone when you first visit this website. Mark Elst Photography uses cookies with a purely technical functionality. These ensure that the website works properly and that, for example, your preferred settings are remembered. These cookies are also used to make the website work properly and to optimize it. In addition, we place cookies that track your surfing behavior so that we can offer customized content and advertisements.

On your first visit to our website, we have already informed you about these cookies and we have asked for your permission to place them.

You can opt out of cookies by setting your internet browser so that it no longer stores cookies. In addition, you can also delete all information previously saved via the settings of your browser.

IV. View, modify, or delete data

You have the right to view, correct, or delete your personal data. In addition, you have the right to withdraw your consent to the data processing or to object to the processing of your personal data by Mark Elst Photography and you have the right to data portability. This means that you can submit a request to us to send the personal data we hold about you in a computer file to you or another organization mentioned by you.

You can send a request for access, correction, deletion, or data transfer of your personal data or a request for withdrawal of your consent or objection to the processing of your personal data to mark@markelst.com.

V. Sharing and securing personal data

Mark Elst Photography only shares your personal data with various third parties if this is necessary for the execution of the agreement and to comply with any legal obligation. Mark Elst Photography does not share your personal data with other third parties. We only do this with your explicit permission.

We try to save your personal data by taking all technical and organizational possibilities in such a way that they are not accessible to third parties. This is to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure, and unauthorized modification When communicating by e-mail or using online forms, we cannot guarantee complete data security, so I recommend that you send confidential information by post.