PRIVACY POLICY
Who we are
Lux Pictura, inštitut za raziskavo fotografije (Lux Pictura, Institute of Photographic Research) is a non-profit organisation located in Metelkova ulica 7/a, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. We take your privacy seriousy and will only use your personal information to keep in touch about LUX PICTURA events, services and ideas that we hope you'd like to hear about. Our website address is: https://luxpictura.si.
Definitions
a) Personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
b) Data subject
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.
c) Processing
Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
d) Consent
Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
Name and Addres of The Controller
Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:
Zasebni zavod Lux Pictura, inštitut za raziskavo fotografije
Metelkova ulica 7/a
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Website: www-luxpictura-si
E-mail: info@luxpictura-si
Personal information shall be dealt with only by those persons within Lux Pictura who are in charge of planning and performing the events for which the data are collected
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Cookies we use: Google Analytics - for the purposes of obtaining statistics on website traffic.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Participation in events
a) General provisions
The general conditions are governed by the purpose and conditions under which the events organized by Lux Pictura takes place. Event organizer is Lux Pictura, inštitut za raziskavo fotografije.
General terms and conditions are an integral part of the application for each event. Anyone who registers on any event fully, irrevocably and unconditionally accepts these general conditions published on the Lux Pictura website.
b) Application for an event
Registration of the event is done by completing the application form on the website, where the individual must provide his / her information (name, surname, company, e-mail address and phone number). By enrolling this information, the individual guarantees that these are true, correct, and complete. Pre-registration for the event is mandatory since the number of places is limited.
By signing up, the individual also agrees and allows the organizer to record and/or photograph the event, and post the event publicly.
c) Attending the event
The registration fee includes participation in the conference with appropriate materials and possible coffee break(s).
d) Use of personal data
The personal data collected as part of registration to the conference will only be used to send our newsletter on further events organized by Lux Pictura. The manager of the collection of personal data collected in the context of the application for an event or otherwise in the event is an organizer who undertakes to carefully preserve all received personal data specified in the application form carefully and in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act and GDPR for the purpose for which they were obtained and will not forward them to third parties.
User Rights
a) Right of confirmation
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer or another employee of the controller.
b) Right of access
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller-free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:
- The purposes of the processing;
- The categories of personal data concerned;
- The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
- Where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
- The existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing.
c) Right to rectification
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed.
d) Right to erasure
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay.
e) The right of restriction of processing
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
- The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
- The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use instead.
- The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by Lux Pictura, he or she may at any time contact us. The restriction of the processing will be arranged.
f) Right to data portability
Every individual has the right to data transferability, in respect of which the data subject may at any time contact Lux Pictura.
Personal data are not transported outside of the country and especially not to third parties.
g) Right to object
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her pursuant to GDPR.
Lux Pictura shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
If Lux Pictura processes personal data for newsletter purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. If the data subject objects to the Lux Pictura marketing to the processing for event notifications, Lux Pictura will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may directly contact Lux Pictura.
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Lux Pictura does not use profiling based on acquired personal data.
i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time.

