Privacy Policy
Aoife O’Connor Photography respects your right to privacy, and will not collect or publish any personal information about you through this website or on our social media feed without your prior consent. Any personal information which you share with us is confidential.
If you choose to use our services, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Services.
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our website?
When filling out the contact form on our website, you will be asked to enter your name, email address, phone number or other details to help you with your experience. The information that we collect will be used to respond to you and to provide our photography services to you. For example we can call you to follow up on your query, send you booking forms by email, send your finished products to you by post etc.
As part of our business, we will need to share our photography services on our website and social media channels. When publishing online, this website data may be re-posted or shared. This consent will be taken on signing of your contract. At any time, you may request for the post to be removed, but please understand that we cannot be responsible for re-posts/shares.
How do we use your information and how long do we keep it for?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
• To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To quickly process your transactions.
• To follow up with them after correspondence (email or phone inquiries)
Do we use 'cookies'?
The use of cookies in based on an opt in when you open our website.
Third-party disclosure:
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it's release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property or safety.
Data collection and retention:
Data is submitted by email, phone or online booking form.
Data is stored in an online, GDPR compliant system called Studio Ninja and a password protected and encrypted contact form through a website called Squarespace. Only data relating to providing the service is kept.
Our business involves the taking of photographs. As such, we intend to archive purchased images for the lifetime of the business. This is to ensure that clients may retrieve past projects/images, should they need further copies/prints/albums etc. In order to maintain an effective archive, the basic personal data is also retained for the lifetime of the archive.
Any information which relates to enquiries and does not result in a contract/service, will be retained for reference as emails are not routinely deleted. This information / Email / Contact form result can be removed on request.
Access to the data we hold and the right to remove:
At any time, you may request via email/phone, to see what data we hold. We aim to retrieve this data in a timely and efficient manner.
Any data held, provided it is not needed on a legitimate legal basis (e.g. invoicing/contractual), may be removed on request.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.