A & R Coates Events Photography

This privacy statement applies to this website which is operated by Arthur Coates.

This statement explains how your personal information will be treated as you access and interact with the website.

1. Information collected
When you look at this web site, our server may make a record of your visit and log the following information:
    * Your IP address (which may provide your server address / top level domain name, eg. .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
    * the date and time of your visit to the site
    * the pages you accessed and documents downloaded
    * the previous site you have visited
    * the type of browser you are using
    * the operating system you are using

In general this information will only be used for statistical purposes, unless we believe some particular problem requires more detailed analysis.

2. Access to information collected
We will not make an attempt to identify individual users or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect our logs.

3. Use of information collected
We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. Your e-mail address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and it will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent.

This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet.

Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.

4. Cookies
Cookies can be either "persistent" or "session" based. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiration date, and may be used to track your browsing behaviour upon return to the issuing web site. Session cookies are short-lived, are used only during a browsing session, and expire when you quit your browser.

This web site only uses session cookies. The web site statistics for this site are generated from the web logs as outlined above.

Upon closing your browser the session cookie set by this web site is destroyed and no personal information is maintained which might identify you should you visit our web site at a later date.

It is our understanding that the Internet Service Provider we use to host the site does not use stored cookies on your computer when you visit our site.