Privacy Policy

This page lays out the privacy policy that is in effect at PictureEcho (website & software). We promise to employ at all times, the best industry practices in use in all spheres of our conduct whether it be the technical architecture behind PictureEcho (website & software), our technical and financial correspondence with any of our esteemed and/ or prospective clients.


Software Downloads

All downloads of PictureEcho are absolutely free of cost. Furthermore, you can use the free version of the software to scan for duplicate/ similar photos and perform your desired action(s) for 10 groups only. If you want to go any further, we require you to PURCHASE a license key as a token of appreciation to the hard work our programming, coding, designing, marketing and sales team has put in!


Feedback

Your well thought comments, observations, questions and suggestions are always valued. These help us to make any minor adjustments (even though we always strive to ensure you never have to complain about an issue when you’re contacting us), or most importantly aid us in being clear headed about what our esteemed users are looking for in the next edition of the software. We assure you about your feedback being always occupying a prominent place on our drawing board for our future plans.


Collecting Information

We use Google Adwords, Google Analytics and Facebook audience data to understand behavior of website visitors. Keep in mind, Google Adwords, Google Analytics and Facebook audience data collection may be used to remarket our offers.Users can turn these ads off or use strict privacy settings to stop any kind of tracking. If you go on to register your copy of PictureEcho, require any specific technical support, provide us with your valuable feedback or take part in a survey, we might require certain information from you which includes (but isn’t limited to) your full name, email address, language of choice (for correspondence), your geographical location and your product registration key (in exceptional cases only).


Secure Order

We ensure the best kind of safeguards are put in place at every stage of the product order stage. From ensuring our Product Order Form employs the most stringent security measures while it securely collects and encrypts your personal information, bank details, debit/ credit card details and other related information. This information is then transferred to secure servers via a merchant website which is equipped with a valid security certificate and the green bar (look for https in the web address). The green bar is widely used nowadays for e-commerce purposes and certifies that the organization in question has undergone and a vigorous authentication process as part of the Extended Validation SSL Certification.


Web Analytics

This is a critical component of maintaining a website and monitoring the day-to-day traffic it attracts. All kinds of traffic landing on the website must be tracked and thoroughly scrutinized in order to achieve business objectives. PictureEcho uses Google Analytics and Facebook Audience Capture tool, a bundled solution provided by Google and Facebook. We promise to only track, store, compile and analyse information that is strictly non-personal in nature. You may opt to block cookies from this website onto your computer/ laptop. The procedure to do so varies from browser to browser. Please refer to your browser’s manual for a detailed guide on this issue.


Outbound Links

We will occasionally serve you with outbound links in various sections/ areas of this website which will transfer you to our partner third-party websites, partner third-party products and services. We would like to explicitly state that we neither control the manner in which they gather your information, nor do we control any aspect of those websites, products or the services they offer. We cannot be held responsible for any eventuality that arises out of any action you perform as a consequence to any content, advertisement, promotional material or a call-to-action on that website. You take sole responsibility for consequences that arise out of your dealing with any website that you land on upon clicking any outbound link on PictureEcho’s website. We highly suggest you refer to the privacy policy of that website and never, under any circumstances download any file, disclose your personal information and banking information (including credit card and debit card details) to that website until you are absolutely sure of it’s integrity.

Please note that we might be occasionally sending out emails to our users informing them about upcoming product updates, promos and trail features. We fully reserve the right to amend the Privacy Policy at PictureEcho.com at any point in time without any intimation. Please regularly visit this page to be abreast of our Privacy Policy. If you have any queries in your mind with regards to the data protection practices we have in place, shoot us an email at support@pictureecho.com. This page was last modified on 4th December 2017.

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Audience’s Data Collection

Users’ information on our website pictureecho.com can be collected by third party companies such as Facebook, Google Inc and Microsoft. Although collection of information is allowed and is legal, it is not based on personal details, rather technical details such as location, device and operating system being used, time of visiting the website, online activities carried out on the website (pictureecho.com) and other websites visited afterwards. This information gives the tech companies enough data to form Audience Profiles. Depending on the permissions you might or might not have granted, you can be a part of this system and will see ads online.

Information-Sharing and Advertising

  1. All users included in Similar Audiences will be shown ads by Google that have been created by websites such as pictureecho.com, Youtube and Gmail etc.
  2. You may be shown ads by Facebook on Facebook-affiliated platforms such as Facebook Messenger, Instagram and the site facebook.com itself.
  3. You may also be shown ads by Microsoft Ads on search partner sites such as Yahoo, Bing, Skype etc.

It should be noted that ads won’t be shown to you by the companies without your permission as it isn’t an automated process. Initially, we, being an advertiser, will ask for your permission and then transmit the information to the tech companies so they can show you ads. This information-sharing and ads can always be avoided. 

Avoiding Cookies Usage and Device Identification:

Switch off Google Ad-Personalization: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
  1. Go to Settings on your mobile phone and switch off Personalization:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated and https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-personalization
  1. Use suggestions by NAI Consumer Opt-Out for scanning your browser and taking charge of your privacy : https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1

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