Privacy & Cookies Policy

Definitions

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1st March 2023.

‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refers to ‘Steve Hampshire Photography’.

‘subscriber’, ‘you’, ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ refers to a person who has completed a booking form via this website or a paper booking form for a photography/video session.

‘Personal Information’ means any data/information you have provided directly or indirectly that identifies you including but not limited to:

first, middle and last name (if applicable);
postal, trading and/or business address;
telephone numbers;
email address;
mobile numbers;
gender; and/or
any other demographic information

Confidentiality

Any information you provide will be held for our own use only and not knowingly disclosed to any third party in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 unless we are required by law to do so.

The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Our website is SSL protected by meaning that when you enter your details in our booking forms and contact form, all your details are encrypted before being transmitted to us. All credit and debit card transactions are processed through PayPal and we do not have access to your payment details.

Data Protection Act 2018 Compliance

This is how we are protecting your data and your rights:

  • Consent and the storing and processing of data by us: By booking on to a photography/video session with us you consent to your personal information being held by us electronically or in paper form. This is only for the purpose of processing your booking and sending details of your photography/video sessions.
  • Right to be forgotten: Let us know if you do not want to continue to attend photography/video sessions with us info@stevehampshirephotography.com, in which case we will permanently delete all data we hold about you unless we are required to hold this information by law
  • Right to object: We do not use your data for any other reason than to send you information about your booked photography/video sessions. If you want to opt out of being sent this information please email us on info@stevehampshirephotography.com
  • Right to rectification: You may access, update, correct, amend or delete the information we hold about you at any time by contacting us on info@stevehampshirephotography.com
  • Right of access: Our Privacy Policy describes what data we collect and how we use it. If you have specific questions about particular data, you can contact us at info@stevehampshirephotography.com for further information at any time
  • Right of portability: We will export your account data to a third party at any time on your request

Cookies

Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

Cookie Name

Service

More information
cookie_notice_accepted WordPress This is the cookie we use to stop the cookie message displaying each time you visit the site.

Third party cookies are used on this site – these are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site, for example Facebook or Twitter have their own cookies, which are controlled by them.

Facebook Pixel code – This is a tracking cookie is placed by Facebook. It enables us to build audiences for our advertising campaigns served on Facebook. You can opt out of Facebook Pixel cookies by visiting the Adverts tab in your Facebook profile settings. You can read more about the Facebook Pixel here.

Youtube cookies – Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Youtube video. These cookies measure the number and behaviour of YouTube users and use this information to provide relevant content to users. Please see ‘How Google uses cookies’ for more details.

How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.

However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how.

You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

For more information about cookies see: www.allaboutcookies.org

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after a period of time.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Changes to Privacy Policy

From time to time we will review, amend and update this privacy policy if required to do so by law. Any changes will be provided in an updated version available on this page.