W E D D I N G S - L I F E S T Y L E & C O M M E R C I A L
P R I V A C Y P O L I C Y & G D P R
My commitment to you:
This website is an informative and safe website where your privacy is my biggest priority in being protected. Due to the type of work that I do, I will require some personal information from you but please rest assured that your details will not be used inappropriately and won’t be passed onto any other third parties. Buxton Photography’s Privacy Policy is checked and updated regularly. Last updated: 16/08/2022
What is GDPR?
The Data Protection Act actioned in May 2018 is the UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It also controls how your personal information is used by organisations, businesses or the government. For any further information on this you can visit the Government Website link: www.gov.uk/data-protection
My Client’s privacy is very important to me so any personal details that I retain must be GDPR compliant and this Privacy Policy ensures this.
I along with many others that are responsible for using personal data have to abide by strict rules called Data Protection Principles’.
I have to make sure that your information is:
- Used fairly, lawfully and transparently
- Used for specified, explicit purposes
- Used in a way that is adequate, relevant and limited to only what is necessary accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date
- Kept for no longer than is necessary
- Handled in a way that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unlawful or unauthorised processing, access, loss, destruction or damage
What GDPR requires me to do?
As a Photographer I will provide you with what I do and don’t do to stay GDPR compliant:
It is my policy to maintain the privacy and confidentially of any personal information (E.g. Your name, address, email address and telephone number) that is provided to me by my clients via my Contact or Booking form.
By using this website, you as the client consents to the Terms of this website’s Privacy Policy and I can confirm & promise that I will not collect, use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than with your consent or as required by law.
Your data rights and the personal data that I hold
Under the Data Protection Act 2018, you as the client have the right to find out what information that I as your photographer store about you.
These include the right to:
- Be informed about how your data is being used
- Access personal data
- Have incorrect data updated
- Have data erased
- Stop or restrict the processing of your data
- Data portability (allowing you to get and reuse your data for different services)
- Object to how your data is processed in certain circumstances
I will always be available to discuss your personal details and if you were ever in the need to request for your details to be erased, I can action that for you no problem but please be aware that I will require some form of personal identification along with proof of your address in order to confirm your identity before going ahead in removing you from my database. To discuss this further please get in contact HERE.
Image use and your data
Because the GDPR rules and regulations are a little vague in regards to what we can and cannot do with our images as photographers, I’ll provide you with what my process involves:
I really do take pride in my work and I LOVE sharing with you all the special moments that I have captured be it from weddings or my lifestyle work but I can only display my work with your signed consent on the contract.
I also do not take on any new photo shoots without the signing of a contract which covers many T&Cs and clauses to present your expectations of me as your photographer and vice versa. To access your contract with me, I use a company called JOTFORM which is a service in which I provide my clients with an online contract to read through and digitally sign.
When it comes to receiving your Commercial or Lifestyle images (wedding photos are provided in a different format and procedure) I upload all of the finalised photos onto an online gallery called PIXIESET which is secure and password protected. You will receive an email from myself with a link notifying you that your images are ready to view and download along with the password to access them of course!
Wedding photographs are uploaded onto a personalised wooden USB stick that will be handed over to
you by myself in person on an arranged date, no online gallery.
COOKIES
What are cookies?
Well… these types of cookies are not edible unfortunately, but are important nonetheless! Cookies (formally identified as “HTTP Cookies”) are a small block of data created by a web server, placed on a device that is used to access a website and are used to tell the server that users have returned to a particular website. When you visit a website, the website sends the cookie to your computer or device and then your device stores it in a file located inside your web browser. Basically…the whole purpose of the cookie is to help the website keep track of your visits and activity.
Whenever you visit a website for the first time, a pop-up should appear. By clicking “accept” you are agreeing that it’s okay for them to be collected. In the long and short of it, cookies will actually make your browsing experience better! Can you disable cookies? Yes you can! You are welcome to do this on this site and on others simply by selecting “disable cookies! In your browser, I have attached a relevant link on how you can go about doing this if necessary HERE