PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy and security of your personal data is extremely important to me.
This privacy policy explains the types of personal data I, Claire Bear Photography, may collect about you whilst you interact with me. I collect and process data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 and the Data Protection Act 2018. I do not disclose data to any third parties unless it is necessary for the fulfilment of a service, you have specifically given consent for a particular service, or I have a legitimate interest in disclosing data.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
I collect the below information via my ‘Love Letter’ and contact form.
Name
Email Address
On booking a shoot, I collect the below information.
Names
Email Address
Home Address
Telephone number
This information enables me to communicate with you, send you information, secure a booking, turn up to a shoot and deliver images.
I do not sell any personal information I receive through my website to any third party, nor will I add such information to any bulk email list I may prepare.
COOKIES
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers
I do not share or sell information I may learn about you through the use of cookies to any third party or for any purpose.
INFORMATION SECURITY
At no point will your full names or address be made public, I don’t use people’s surnames when talking about or posting photoshoots involving children and I never use the children’s names. I’m especially careful when children are involved, I do not include details about specific locations regarding your home, or make photos public that would show the whereabouts of your home address, or any other personal details. You will notice that my galleries are named after trees rather than the children. The only time I will use a child’s name will be on your password protected gallery. I will never use a surname, please let me know if you’d rather I named the gallery something else.
SITE ACTIVITY DATA
Claire Bear Photography considers Internet user privacy and data protection to be of paramount importance.
The Claire Bear Photography website complies with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to all processing of personal data supplied to us by users and other personal data in our possession for any reason. It is the policy of Claire Bear Photography to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of any personal information, such as your name, address, email address, or telephone number that you provide to me. Because your privacy is important to me, I maintain this website privacy policy to protect your personal information. By using this site, you consent to the terms of this website privacy policy. I do not collect, use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than those identified below, except with your consent or as required by law.
Each time you visit my website www.clairebearphotography.co.uk the web server collects and logs certain information. I keep these access logs for a reasonable period of time. These logs include, but are not restricted to: your computer’s TCP/IP address, your username (if applicable), date, time and files accessed. These logs also contain information about referrer information if you clicked on an external link in order to access a webpage. I use these logs solely for performance, site administration and security reviews. I do not sell or share this information with any third party.
CONTROLLING YOUR INFO
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
if you have previously agreed to me using your personal information or you want your details to be removed from my office records please just use the contact form or email me at claire@clairebearphotography.co.uk
I do not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties.
You may request details of personal information which I hold about you, just drop me an email or give me a call.
If you believe that any information I am holding is incorrect or incomplete, please email me as soon as possible. I will promptly correct it.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
My website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave my site, you should note that I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
PROMOTIONAL USES
I use photos from family shoots on my website and social media accounts. It’s a little hard to run a photography business without showing photos of the families you shoot :)
I may display any photographs to promote Claire Bear Photography my website, Love Letter, social media, on wedding blogs, on wedding photography related websites, in exhibitions, in advertising, brochures, magazine articles and other such material, providing that the images used are used lawfully and without damage to Claire Bear Photography client(s). The rights of the people captured in these photographs are protected by Claire Bear as detailed in this privacy policy. You consent to this when you sign your contract. Let me know if you’re not happy with this and I’ll amend the contract accordingly prior to you signing.
SECURITY
When you provide any personal information, I take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of any information. My website is protected with SSL and a secure page a lock icon will appear on your web browser to show that the page is secure.
Any information provided over the internet can never be guaranteed 100% secure. As a result, while I strive to protect your personal information, I cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to me, and you do so at your own risk.
Once I receive your information, I make my best effort to ensure its security, and where I have given you a password which enables you to access my website galleries, you are responsible for sharing this password.
REVIEW AND CONTACT
I will keep this Policy under regular review. The Policy was last updated in February 2020. If you are concerned about any information I have about you, you can contact me via email: claire@clairebearphotography.co.uk or using the contact form.