Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us, and we have developed this Policy so that you can understand how we collect and use personal information.
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties
Confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent through this web site or any chat or email contact forms on this web site. Like other web sites, our web site may utilize a standard technology called “cookies” (see explanation below, “What Are Cookies?“) and web server logs to collect information about how our web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our web site, and the web sites visited just before and just after our web site, your IP address.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document that includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a web site, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each web site can send its own cookie to your computer if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only allows a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on a network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic data” so that data (like the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, web forms or chat bots, we may retain the content of those messages together with any email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail and telephone.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Riley Harty Photojournalism, LLC will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. If you provide such information, Riley Harty Photojournalism, LLC will not sell or otherwise transfer it to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user. We may, however, disclose information when legally compelled to do so, such as when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?
Email, chat bots, and web forms are not typically recognized as secure mediums of communication. While you may send us private information via these mediums, it is at your own risk, and we request that you refrain from doing so. Some of the information you may enter on our web site may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL.
Riley Harty Photojournalism, LLC may use software programs to create summary statistics that are used for purposes of assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, determining what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, Riley Harty Photojournalism, LLC uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Copyright Statement
This copyright statement applies to all photography & images found on this website. Please read carefully before downloading, linking to, or printing copies for use.
© Copyright 2025 Riley Harty. All rights reserved.
Proprietary Rights
The photographs contained on this site are the property of Riley Harty, sole owner of Riley Harty Photojournalism, LLC, and are protected by United States and International copyright laws. All copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights in this site, are the property of Riley Harty.
All Photographs on RiHarPhoto.com are copyrighted.
No permission, either express or implied, is granted for the electronic transmission, storage, retrieval, or printing of the photographs contained on RiHarPhoto.com other than that which is related to the normal "caching" practices of web browsers and activities such as downloading solely for your personal enjoyment. No parties/individuals visiting or viewing images from RiHarPhoto.com, may otherwise copy, modify, publish, transmit, or distribute the contents of the photographs found herein. Express written permission must be granted, on behalf of the photographer (copyright holder, Riley Harty), in order to use these photographs for any purpose that is not outlined above.
Your use of RiHarPhoto.com or viewing of this statement indicates your acceptance of these conditions.
II. Personal Use Criteria
The following are a list of conditions where I, Riley Harty, give individuals permission to link to (or copy) JPEG images and other material at no charge:
1. You may print a copy of any photograph for personal reference without further permission.
2. Students are welcome to download images and incorporate them into school reports, presentations, etc. for free so long as proper credit/citation is given, without my further permission.
3. Anyone can download images from Desktops / Wallpapers for the express use of displaying them on screen on any personal computer that is not being used for commercial or public viewing purposes.
III. Free Web Usage Criteria
The following conditions define my authorization for use of my image on the Web, free of charge, so long as proper attribution of copyright is given to me, Riley Harty and include the e-mail address: Riley.Harty@RiHarPhoto.com in said attribution:
1. You may make LINKS to the images on pages you maintain for yourself for personal, non-commercial use.
2. If you are preparing FREE online site guides for other photographers, bloggers, and photograph forums, you may make use of these images, BUT ONLY IF YOU ATTRIBUTE THEM AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IV. Commercial Use
Photographs contained on this site are not intended for any commercial use.
Those persons who wish to use the photography found on this site in a commercial fashion must receive written consent from Riley Harty Photojournalism, LLC prior to its commercial use. Interested parties should send an e-mail to Riley.Harty@RiHarPhoto.com, wherefrom Riley Harty Photojournalism, LLC will consider the legality of any commercial use of any photos. In that e-mail the following should be addressed:
1. Image(s) you would like to use
2. Where they will be displayed
3. How they will be displayed
4. Intent of its display
5. Duration of their public viewing
6. Any other information you feel would be useful.
Because photographs contained on this website are not intended for commercial use, any requests for such will require additional model release prior to their use. Model release cannot be guaranteed, and therefore commercial use cannot be guaranteed and shall be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Any commercial use of my photography without prior consent is a violation of United States and International copyright law.
V. Copyright Protection Tactics
In attempts to maintain the integrity of the copyrighted photographs found on this site, several copyright protection methods have been utilized. Some of these tactics include, but are not limited to:
Disclaimer of Copyright
Presence of © Adobe Content Credentials in photos.
Resizing of images
Conversion of images to low resolution for web use
If you would like to use a specific photograph with some of the copyright protection tactics removed, please e-mail me at Riley.Harty@RiHarPhoto.com and describe what the intended use of the imagery with the copyright protections tactics reduced.
IV. Copyright Infringement is Serious
The act of infringing on a copyright is a very serious business and is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. I have worked very hard to present you with a quality photographic experience and I kindly ask that you will refrain from copying anything from the site onto your own hard drive, diskette(s), printer, etc. You are welcome to copy the hyperlinks to other sites found on the site, however, I ask that you do not copy any of the graphics, photographs, or articles from this site for your own use (other than the terms stated above). Doing so is an infringement of United States and International copyright laws.
DoubleClick
We use Google Analytics to log when users view specific pages or take specific actions on a website. This allows us to analyze website use for purposes of website optimization and to understand the interests and focuses of our website’s viewers.
Policy Changes
We reserve the right to change or amend this privacy policy at any time with or without notice. If we do change this policy, however, please be assured that we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this Policy, or your dealings with our web site, please contact us through our contact page.
