Banti, Inc. (“Banti,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and otherwise process personal information in connection with www.bantialbumproofing.com, related websites, applications, plugins, communications, and the album proofing, client collaboration, and related services we provide (collectively, the “Service”).

This Privacy Policy applies to photographers, studios, account holders, invited album reviewers, website visitors, and others who interact with our Site or Service.

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information Banti collects or processes through the Site and Service.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to:

• Third-party websites, products, or services not operated by Banti;
• Information processed by third parties outside their relationship with Banti;
• Offline activities that are not connected to the Site or Service; or
• Customer practices that Banti does not control.

Our Site and Service may link to third-party websites or services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Privacy Policy.

2. Banti’s Role

Banti provides tools that help photographers and studios share album proofs, collect feedback, manage revisions, communicate with clients, and obtain approvals.

For information Banti collects about its website visitors, account holders, billing contacts, and marketing contacts, Banti generally acts as the business or controller responsible for that information.

For information a photographer, studio, or other Banti customer uploads or enters into the Service about clients, invitees, or other individuals—including album content, contact details, comments, and approval activity (“Customer Data”)—the customer generally determines why and how that information is used. In that context, Banti generally processes Customer Data on the customer’s behalf in order to provide the Service.

Customers are responsible for ensuring that they have the necessary rights, permissions, notices, and legal grounds to upload Customer Data to the Service and to invite others to participate in album proofing or related workflows.

3. Personal Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect personal information that you provide to us, including:

• Name, email address, phone number, business name, billing address, and account details;
• Account credentials, preferences, and authentication information;
• Subscription, billing, payment, refund, and transaction information;
• Messages, support requests, feedback, survey responses, and other communications;
• Information submitted when registering, subscribing, contacting us, or participating in promotions;
• Contact information for clients, album reviewers, collaborators, or other individuals you invite to use the Service;
• Photos, album spreads, designs, comments, notes, approvals, revision requests, and other content uploaded to or created through the Service; and
• Any other information you choose to provide.

Payment-card information is processed by third-party payment processors. Banti does not intentionally store complete payment-card numbers.

Information Collected Automatically

When you access or use the Site or Service, we and our service providers may automatically collect limited technical and usage information, such as:

• Browser type, device type, operating system, and similar technical information;
• Pages viewed, links clicked, features used, referring pages, and session activity;
• Date, time, and duration of access;
• Cookie, session, or similar technology identifiers;
• Error, performance, and security information; and
• Approximate location information derived from technical data.

Banti uses Google Analytics or similar analytics tools to better understand how visitors use the Site and to improve its functionality. When a visitor’s browser communicates with Google Analytics, Google may receive technical information, including an IP address, as part of the normal operation of that service.

Banti does not use Google Analytics to obtain or retain visitors’ raw IP addresses. We may receive aggregate or report-level analytics information, such as device type, browser type, pages viewed, approximate geographic information, and general usage patterns.

Information From Other Sources

We may receive information from service providers and third parties that support our business, including payment processors, security and fraud-prevention providers, analytics providers, email-delivery providers, and professional advisers.

We may also receive information from Banti customers when they add contact information for album reviewers, collaborators, or other participants.

4. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

• Provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Site and Service;
• Create and manage accounts;
• Process subscriptions, invoices, payments, refunds, and related transactions;
• Host, display, share, and manage album proofs and Customer Content;
• Send invitations, reminders, notifications, receipts, password-reset messages, and other Service-related communications;
• Facilitate comments, revisions, approvals, collaboration, and other requested Service features;
• Respond to questions, support requests, and feedback;
• Monitor performance, diagnose technical issues, and improve usability;
• Detect, investigate, prevent, and respond to fraud, abuse, security incidents, or other harmful activity;
• Enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements;
• Comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests;
• Communicate with customers about Service updates, offers, surveys, and promotions, subject to applicable law and communication preferences; and
• Create aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information for analytics, reporting, and Service improvement.

5. How We Share Personal Information

We may share personal information in the following circumstances.

With Customers and Authorized Users

When a photographer or studio shares an album proof, invited reviewers may be able to view information associated with that proof, including album content, comments, revision requests, approval status, and the names or contact information of other participants where applicable.

With Service Providers

We may share information with service providers that help us operate the Service, including providers of cloud hosting, data storage, payment processing, email delivery, customer support, security, analytics, communications, and professional services.

These providers may process personal information only as necessary to provide services to Banti or to support the Service, subject to appropriate contractual or legal obligations.

For Legal, Security, and Compliance Purposes

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, subpoena, or governmental request;
• Enforce our agreements;
• Protect the rights, property, privacy, safety, or security of Banti, our users, or others;
• Investigate or prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity; or
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Business Transfers

If Banti is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or similar transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

With Your Direction or Consent

We may share information when you request or authorize us to do so.

Aggregated or De-Identified Information

We may share information that has been aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified so that it does not reasonably identify an individual.

Banti does not sell personal information in the ordinary sense of exchanging it for money. We do not knowingly disclose Customer Data or Customer Content to third parties for their own direct-marketing purposes or cross-context behavioral advertising.

To the extent the use of analytics or similar technology is considered a “sale” or “sharing” under applicable privacy law, Banti will provide any notices and choices required by law.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, local storage, and similar technologies to operate and secure the Site and Service, remember preferences, maintain sessions, understand usage, measure communications, and improve functionality.

These technologies may be used for:

• Essential Service functionality, including authentication and security;
• Remembering preferences and settings;
• Understanding how visitors use the Site and Service;
• Measuring the effectiveness of communications and marketing; and
• Detecting fraud, abuse, and technical issues.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the availability or functionality of parts of the Site or Service.

Where required by applicable law, Banti will provide notice, obtain consent, or offer choices before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

7. International Data Transfers

Banti is based in the United States, and personal information may be processed in the United States and other countries where Banti or its service providers operate.

These countries may have privacy laws that differ from those in your location. When required by applicable law, Banti will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal information, such as contractual protections, adequacy mechanisms, or other lawful transfer tools.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Service, maintain business and financial records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, protect the security and integrity of the Site and Service, and pursue legitimate business interests.

The length of time we retain information depends on the type of information, the purpose for which it was collected, the relationship between Banti and the individual or customer, applicable legal obligations, and operational needs.

When personal information is no longer reasonably necessary for these purposes, we will delete, anonymize, or de-identify it, subject to applicable law and our backup, archival, security, and records-retention practices.

Deletion from active systems may not result in immediate removal from backup or archival systems. Backup copies are retained for a limited period and are removed or overwritten in accordance with our standard operational procedures.

9. Security

Banti uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

No method of transmitting information over the internet or storing information electronically is completely secure. Although we work to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for notifying us promptly if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization.

10. Security Incidents

If we become aware of a security incident involving personal information, we will investigate and take appropriate steps to contain, assess, and address the incident.

Where notification is required, we will provide notice to affected individuals, customers, regulators, or other parties as required by applicable law.

11. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:

• Request access to personal information;
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information;
• Request deletion of certain personal information;
• Request a portable copy of certain personal information;
• Object to or request restriction of certain processing;
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
• Opt out of certain marketing communications; and
• Appeal a decision regarding a privacy request.

To submit a privacy request, contact us at privacy@bantialbumproofing.com or use the contact form at bantialbumproofing.com/contact-us.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request. We will respond to verified requests within the time required by applicable law.

If your request relates to Customer Data processed on behalf of a photographer, studio, or other Banti customer, we may direct you to contact that customer. We may also assist the customer in responding where appropriate.

If we deny your privacy request, you may appeal by contacting us at privacy@bantialbumproofing.com and stating that you are appealing a privacy-rights decision.

12. Marketing Communications

You may opt out of promotional or marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in those emails or by contacting us at privacy@bantialbumproofing.com.

You may continue to receive transactional or Service-related communications, including account notices, password-reset emails, billing messages, album-proofing notifications, support responses, and security notices.

13. Children’s Privacy

The Site and Service are not directed to children under 13 years of age. Banti does not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13.

Customer Content may include photographs or other content that depicts children. In those cases, Banti processes the content on behalf of the customer who uploaded it and does not seek to collect information directly from the child.

If you believe that Banti has collected personal information directly from a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@bantialbumproofing.com.

14. California Privacy Disclosures

This section applies to California residents to the extent the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, applies to Banti’s processing of their personal information.

In the preceding twelve months, Banti may have collected the following categories of personal information:

• Identifiers, such as name, email address, account credentials, and cookie or similar technology identifiers;
• Commercial information, such as subscription, billing, and transaction records;
• Internet or network activity information, such as browsing activity, usage data, and analytics information;
• Approximate geolocation information derived from technical data;
• Professional or business information, such as business name, website, and studio information;
• User-generated content, such as comments, album information, uploaded files, and communications; and
• Inferences drawn from usage information for Service improvement, security, and personalization.

Banti may collect this information directly from you, from Banti customers, automatically through use of the Site or Service, and from service providers that support payments, security, analytics, and communications.

Banti uses and discloses this information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing and improving the Service, processing payments, communicating with users, maintaining security, complying with law, and operating our business.

Banti does not sell personal information for monetary consideration. Banti does not knowingly use Customer Data or Customer Content for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Where required by applicable law, Banti will honor recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals for the browser or device that sends the signal.

California residents may submit requests to know, access, correct, delete, or obtain a portable copy of certain personal information by contacting privacy@bantialbumproofing.com.

15. EEA, UK, and Other International Users

Where applicable privacy law requires it, Banti processes personal information based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

• Performance of a contract or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract;
• Banti’s legitimate interests, including operating, improving, protecting, and supporting the Service;
• Compliance with legal obligations;
• Consent; or
• Other lawful grounds permitted by applicable law.

Individuals in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions with similar laws may have additional rights, including the right to lodge a complaint with their local data-protection authority.

Where Banti processes Customer Data on behalf of a customer, the customer remains responsible for determining the lawful basis for that processing and providing required notices to relevant individuals.

If Banti enters into a data-processing agreement with a customer, that agreement will govern the processing of Customer Data to the extent it conflicts with this Privacy Policy.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors.

We will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page and revise the “Last Updated” date. When required by applicable law, or when we make material changes to how we process personal information, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent as appropriate.

17. Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:

Banti, Inc.
Attn: Privacy
5909 Woodstock Ave.
Lincoln, NE 68512
United States

Email: privacy@bantialbumproofing.com
Phone: 402-601-8125
Contact Form: bantialbumproofing.com/contact-us