Katie Mayer Photography Privacy Policy



What you should know:

INTRODUCTION

Katie Mayer Photography never sells your information and never will. This policy tells you what information I do collect from you, what I do with it, who can access it, and what you can do about it through the use of the site www.katiemayerphotography.com

Katie Mayer Photography is committed to ensuring the privacy and protection of your information, and I will not sell, trade or share the information you provide me. Please read the following Privacy Policy to understand how I use and protect the information that you provide to me, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR 2018.

​This policy is intended to give you transparent details of how Katie Mayer Photography handles your personal data.

HOW I COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

I collect personal information in the following ways:

Directly from you when you:

- Book a portrait shoot with me

- Book a family shoot with me.

- Book an event shoot with me

- Buy a gift voucher from me.

- Sign up for my email list.

From other sources:

- I may use the Royal Mail’s postcode finder to check the accuracy of the address we hold.

THE PERSONAL INFORMATION I COLLECT

- Personal identifiers such as your title, name and surname;

- Contact details including postal address, postcode, email and telephone number;

- Records of your contact with me.

WHY I COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

- To connect with you while planning for your event.

- To connect with you while arranging a portrait or family shoot.

- To process your image and print orders.

- To keep you informed about my work and any special offers that may be of interest to you or someone you might know.

- I may use your final photographs for marketing use on (1) social media platforms, as well as (2) on www.katiemayerphotography.com and (3) in printed marketing material.


RIGHT OF CONFIRMATION, RECTIFICATION AND ERASURE

- You have the option to opt-in or out of the above-noted image usage methods (1), (2) and (3) on your contract and may change your mind at any time by contacting me to notify me of your wishes to opt-out of any or all image usage. If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, or about me storing your personal information and final photographs, please contact me via katielmayer@gmail.com

- It is important that the information I hold about you is accurate and up to date. If you believe that any information I am holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact me as soon as possible by emailing me at katielmayer@gmail.com. You have, at any time, the option to request me to erase all personal information stored about you.

EMAIL UPDATES

I only email updates and news to people who have signed up to my email lists on my website. Every email update has a one-click unsubscribe link. The email list is held and managed externally by MailChimp.

COOKIES

Cookies are small amounts of alpha-numeric information which may store on your computer to track patterns of visitor behaviour to my website. The information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you modify your browser settings – you can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

WHO I SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH

I do NOT sell, share, or give your details to any third parties for any reason.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA

Katie Mayer Photography will only keep your personal information for as long as it is required and in accordance with statutory requirements. Where the information is no longer required, I will ensure that it is disposed of in a secure manner.

If you have indicated that you do not wish to hear from me in the future, I will keep the minimum information necessary to ensure I avoid contacting you any further.


GDPR COMPLIANCE

According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website, the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) are currently a working document and therefore subject to change. Ensuring that my business is fully GDPR compliant, I promise to keep up to date as best I can with any changes the ICO adopt in legislation.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

Katie Mayer Photography will review my privacy notice regularly. The terms of this notice may be updated at any time for example, in the event of changes in law and how I operate. Please do check my website from time to time. If there are any significant changes in the way I process your personal information, I will provide a prominent notice on my website or send a notification. This notice was last updated in May 2020