Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to WPA.Photography (“Website”), a social media platform for photographers of all levels. This Privacy Policy outlines how World Photo Adventure Ltd (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information. By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Our website address is: https://wpa.photography.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal information:

  • Account Information: When you register, we collect your name, email address, username, password, and profile information.
  • Communication Data: Messages and interactions with other users or with our support team.
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device information, and website usage statistics.
  • Content and Media: Any photos, videos, comments, or other media you upload or share on our platform.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your user experience.
  • Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check 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.


3. How We Use Your Information 

  • We use your personal information for the following purposes:
  • To provide and improve our services.
  • To personalise user experience and content recommendations.
  • To facilitate social interactions and community engagement.
  • To monitor and enhance security and prevent fraud.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

4. Uploaded Images and Videos

By uploading images and videos to the Website, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to display and distribute your content within the platform.

  • You retain all ownership rights to your uploaded media.
  • You are responsible for ensuring that you have the rights and permissions to upload any images or videos.
  • Uploaded content should not violate intellectual property rights, privacy laws, or contain harmful or offensive material.
  • We may moderate or remove content that breaches our community guidelines.
  • 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.

5. 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.

6. Cookies and Tracking

  • 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 one day.

7. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or rent your personal information. However, we may share your information with:

  • Service Providers: Third-party vendors that assist in hosting, analytics, and other business operations.
  • Legal Authorities: If required by law, to protect our rights, or to respond to legal requests.
  • Other Users: Content you post publicly will be visible to others on the platform.
  • If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

8. 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


9. 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.

10. Where Your Data Is Sent 

  • Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.


11. Third-Party Links 

  • Our Website may contain links to external sites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.


12. Changes to This Policy

  • We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Significant changes will be communicated via email or a notice on our Website.


13. Contact Us 

Published: 20/05/2025

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