Privacy Policy
We would like to welcome you to our website “www.photostock.eu“, and inform you of our privacy policy, particularly with regards to protecting your personal information in accordance with §§ 11 - 15 of the Telemedia Act (TMG). Specifically:Collection, Processing and Use of Personal Data
Personal data such as your name, address, email address and contact numbers are only collected when you provide them voluntarily for transaction purposes. This data is used exclusively to provide you with access to our image data bank, including bonus programs, and to enable you to purchase license rights for individual images.
Your data will not be used for other purposes without your express permission. Upon completion of this transaction and full payment, your details are blocked from further use, and deleted in accordance with the statutory timeframe should you not continue to use our service. If you have subscribed to our newsletter, your data may be used for internal marketing purposes.
Provision of Personal Data to Third Parties and Credit Checks.
Your data will only be provided to third parties in so far as is necessary to enable the completion of a transaction. Provision to third parties without your express permission will only occur where required by law. For us to prepare for transactions, credit checks may be performed, for example, through the SHUFA Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5 65201 Wiesbaden or the Creditform Consumer GmbH, Hellersberstrr. 14, 41460 Neuss.
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Diese Website benutzt Google ™ Analytics, einen Webanalysedienst der Google Inc.. Google ™ Analytics verwendet sog. "Cookies", Textdateien, die auf Ihrem Computer gespeichert werden und die eine Analyse der Benutzung der Website ermöglicht. Sie können die Installation der Cookies durch eine entsprechende Einstellung Ihrer Browser Software verhindern. Wir weisen Sie jedoch darauf hin, dass Sie dadurch viele Funktionen dieser Website nicht nutzen können. Durch die Nutzung dieser Website erklären Sie sich mit der Bearbeitung der über Sie erhobenen Daten durch Google einverstanden.
Use of Cookies
Registration with “www.photostock.eu” places a cookie, a small piece of text data on the hard drive of your computer to enable you to use certain functions. Many cookies will be deleted automatically from your hard drive at the end of your session. Some will remain saved on your hard drive, to enable our website to recognize you on your next visit, allowing data submitted by you to be reused. This lets you use the shopping basket function and the light box, and to download photos without watermarks in high resolution quality.
You can also use our service without cookies, either by deactivating them in your browser, or you can set your browser to inform you of each cookie as it is being transmitted, allowing you to decide whether or not you want to accept it. However, not using cookies can limit the use of our image data bank.
Data Protection
Your personal data is protected using an SSL connection over the internet. Our website and all other IT systems are protected through specifically designed technical and procedural measures to prevent them being accessed by unauthorized persons. Access to sensitive data such as our image data bank is only possible after entering your password.
Disclosure
The law provides you with a right to be informed free of charge about the data we keep about you, and a right to disclosure, deletion or blocking of that data. Should you wish to enact this right, please contact us at
You accept that due to the international nature of the internet, data may cross international boundaries, even when both sender and receiver of the information are located in the same country.
The PHOTOSTOCK Online service may contain links to other websites, over which we have no control, and can therefore not accept any responsibility for data submitted on those websites.
Termination of Agreement
By registering and ordering through our website, you have agreed to our terms and conditions. You may withdraw your consent at any time in the future.
March 2007
Here you can download the privacy policy as pdf.