Laura Hirons Photography Privacy Policy

 

Hello thank you for choosing Laura Hirons Photography for your photography needs. Your privacy is super important to us, so here’s a quick rundown of how we collect, use, and protect your information. It’s all about keeping your personal details safe while providing you with the best photography experience possible.

1. What Information We Collect

When you work with us, we might collect some basic details from you:

  • Your name, email, phone number, and address

  • Your event or session details (like wedding dates or shoot locations)

  • Photos and videos from your session

  • Payment info when you book our services

We collect this info through emails, phone calls, contracts, and payment forms, just so we can provide you with the best service possible!

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to make sure everything goes smoothly with your photography experience. Here’s how we do that:

  • Communicate with you about your shoot and make sure all the details are good to go.

  • Deliver your photos and videos, and handle any retouching requests.

  • Send invoices and process payments securely.

  • Improve our services, based on your feedback (we love hearing from you!).

  • Stay compliant with legal requirements if needed

3. How We Keep Your Info Safe

We take your privacy seriously. Your personal information is stored securely and kept confidential. We use safe payment platforms, password-protected systems, and only share your data with trusted partners (like editing or payment processors) when necessary.

While we take every step to protect your info, no system is 100% perfect, so please remember there’s always a small risk with online data.

4. Who We Share Your Info With

We might share your information with a few trusted third parties to make things run smoothly, such as:

  • Payment processors (so we can accept payments). Any credit/debit card payments and other payments you make will be processed by our third party payment providers and the payment data you submit will be securely stored and encrypted by our payment service providers using up to date industry standards. Please note that we do not ourselves directly process or store the debit/credit card data that you submit.

  • Cloud storage or photo hosting services (to keep your photos safe).

  • Any external editors who are required for more complicated editing

Rest assured, these partners are required to protect your info and only use it to help us deliver your photos or services.

5. Cookies & Tracking

We may use cookies (small text files) on our website to help improve your experience and see how our site is used. If you prefer, you can turn cookies off in your browser settings—but this might affect your browsing experience.

6. How Long We Keep Your Info

We don’t hang on to your personal data longer than we need to. We keep your photos and details for as long as necessary to provide services, handle payments, and maintain any legal records. If you ever want to delete your photos or data, just let us know!

We will keep your personal data only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, or for the duration required by any legal, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements. In particular, we retain your personal data for 2 years after your photography session and we retain digital files of your final photographs for 24 months.

7. Your Rights over the information we hold:

You’re in control! You can:

  • Ask for a copy of the info we have on file.

  • Ask us to update or fix anything that’s not right.

  • Request that we delete your personal data (with a few exceptions, like for billing records).

If you want to make any of these requests, feel free to contact us, and we’ll help you out!

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

From time to time, we might update this Privacy Policy to keep things fresh. If we make any major changes, we’ll let you know by updating this page with a new date, so check back every now and then.

9. Get in Touch

If you have any questions or just want to chat about how we handle your information, don’t hesitate to reach out

Thanks for trusting us with your memories!

CONTACT

Questions, comments or requests regarding this Privacy Policy can be emailed to: laurahironsphotography@gmail.com