Privacy Policy

MUSE Photography Awards respects collected information from users at multiple points on its website. We only collect information that is essential to serve you, present your work to the jury, inform you of your winning, remind you of deadlines or to promote your winning, your company and your work to the public.

Any personal information collected in forms is for our private use only. Phone numbers, mail address, and email addresses will not be sold or distributed to third parties or published online.

For example, we collect information when you register with MUSE Photography Awards respects for an account, or create a new submission, request customer support, or leave us a testimonial.

The type of information we collect directly from you include your name, email, company name, address, position, and other contact information. We also require information about your project that is being submitted into the MUSE Photography Awards award program.

We may use technologies that save cookies to your computer or mobile device. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us to improve your experience on the MUSE Photography Awards website. Cookies are only to understand our advertising performance with minimal information collected. We will not follow and record your activity once you leave our website. We may also collect information using web analytics services. These services, such as Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity, help us understand how to improve visitor experience on the website.

Electronic versions of your personal information are stored on our supplier platform located in United States and Malaysia. The servers which we use to provide our services to you depends on the location that you or your organization is based; to make it user-friendly and faster. For example, if you or your organization elects for our services to be provided within Europe, then the server used to provide our service to you or your organization will be based in Europe.

Where we use third party service providers to assist us, your personal information may also be stored in accordance with their practices and procedures. We require third parties to respect your personal information and to treat it in accordance with the law.

The information may be used to perform a variety of purposes, including to:

• Promote winners of the MUSE Photography Awards program,
• Remind registrants of the upcoming deadlines,
• Notify winners of their win,
• Send updates, and news regarding MUSE Photography Awards and other International Awards Associate Inc. related competitions, and select partners,
• Respond, and help with customer service support questions,
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage of marketing effectiveness,
• Prevent illegal activities, spamming and another unauthorized usage of the MUSE Photography Awards website,
• Present relevant advertising to visitors.

Your rights in connection with your personal information

• Request access to your personal information (commonly known as a "data subject access request"). This enables you to receive a copy of your personal information and to check we are lawfully processing it.
• Request correction of your personal information. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate personal information corrected.
• Request the erasure of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to stop processing personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground.
• Request to be forgotten; we will delete all your personal data from our servers.

If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal information or request that we transfer a copy of your personal information to another party, please contact us at iaa@iaaawards.org.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to another person who has no right to receive it.

In the limited circumstances where you may have provided your consent to the collecting, processing, and transfer of your personal information for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact us at iaa@iaaawards.org.

Where we are providing you with marketing information, you can also change your marketing preferences by using the unsubscribe button at the bottom of our marketing e-mails to you. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your personal information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so.

To promote our winners, we share information about their projects with media, partners, and in press releases. We will not share any of your personal information, or information that is not intended for publicity. We require third parties and partners to respect the security of your personal information and to treat it in accordance with the law.

Newsletter communications

You may opt out of receiving reminder and newsletter emails from MUSE Photography Awards by following the opt-out instructions provided in those emails. You may also opt-out of receiving promotional emails and other promotional communications from us at any time by emailing the MUSE Photography Awards support team with your specific request. If you opt out from the newsletters, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as notifications of your winning or other important information that benefits you, but this may be affected if you unsubscribed from the MUSE Photography Awards list.

Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you would like, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies or to prompt you before accepting such a cookie. Please note that, if you choose to remove or reject browser cookies, this could affect the availability or functionality of MUSE Photography Awards website.

We display personal testimonials of happy winners on our website. With your consent, we may post your testimonial along with your name and use these testimonials to provide you with even more publicity and exposure.

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that MUSE Photography Awards is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. MUSE Photography Awards encourages our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

This website uses SSL encryption and all payment are processed by PayPal or Stripe. MUSE Photography Awards does not have direct access or store credit card information.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at iaa@iaaawards.org.

This site is not directed at children under the age of 13 and we endeavor not to knowingly collect any Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that this site has collected the Personally Identifiable Information of a child under the age of 13, please contact iaa@iaaawards.org.

You may contact us at iaa@iaaawards.org. if at any time you would like to see the Personally Identifiable Information we hold about you, or to ask us to correct or update this information, or to ask us to delete it. Please contact us if you have questions or wish to take any action with respect to information to which this Privacy Policy applies (see below for contact information).

In addition to data collected for award administration, we may collect and process the following personal data for Event purposes:

• Attendee names and titles
• Contact information (such as email address and phone number)
• Winner or winning organization details
• On-stage representative information
• Video interview participant details
• Uploaded materials, including advertisement artwork and related assets
• Event registration, attendance, and access information

Provision of such data is necessary to facilitate event participation, access management, and related services.

Personal data collected in connection with Events is processed for the following purposes:

• Event registration, ticketing, and booking management
• Attendee verification, access control, and seating arrangements
• Event program planning and operational coordination
• On-stage award presentation and related activities
• Video / Media interviews, photography, videography, and event documentation
• Production of official event materials (e.g. program booklets)
• Post-event communications and fulfilment
• Compliance with legal, regulatory, and venue requirements

Data will not be processed for purposes incompatible with those listed above.

Events may be professionally photographed, filmed, or otherwise recorded. By attending an Event, participants acknowledge and consent to:

• Being photographed, filmed, or recorded during the Event; and
• The use of such recordings by MUSE Awards and its authorized partners for documentation, promotional, marketing, archival, and related purposes.

Where applicable, participants may also be invited to take part in optional video / media interviews. Participation in interviews is voluntary and subject to scheduling and program requirements.

For Event administration and delivery, personal data may be shared with authorized third parties, including but not limited to:

• Event operators and venue partners
• Event management and production vendors
• Photographers, videographers, and media service providers
• Printing and production partners (e.g. for program booklets)
• Logistics, technical, and support service providers

All such parties are engaged only for legitimate Event-related purposes and are required to process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws and contractual safeguards.

As MUSE Awards operates internationally and Events may take place in different jurisdictions, personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the data subject’s country of residence.

Where such transfers occur, appropriate safeguards are implemented in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Personal data collected for Event purposes is retained only for as long as necessary to:

• Administer and fulfill the Event
• Comply with legal, accounting, or regulatory obligations
• Resolve disputes or enforce agreements

After this period, data will be securely deleted or anonymized, unless longer retention is required or permitted by law.

Data subjects retain all rights granted under applicable data protection laws, including the right to access, correct, or request deletion of personal data, subject to legal and operational limitations.

Requests relating to Event-related personal data may be submitted using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy.

You may contact International Awards Associate Inc. regarding this Privacy Policy at the following:

Email: iaa@iaaawards.org

For legal inquiries, please contact us at:

Office Suite 1320, Level 13(C), Block 4, Financial Park Complex Labuan, Jalan Merdeka, 87000 Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia.

For correspondence, use:

14 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005, United States.

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. We do not undertake to provide you with personal notice of any changes. In the event of material changes, we will provide notice by means that are reasonable under the circumstances, such as by posting a notice on the Websites. Your continued use of the Websites following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy means you accept those changes.