Privacy Policy Gary Skerratt Photography acknowledges that your personal information should always be respected and we will only ask you for what information we really need to collect. We will look after it confidentially and will only share it with others where we need to in order that they will assist in delivering my photography service to you (such as our professional printing laboratory, image hosting service and album companies, etc who may need your name and address to post your purchases). We will absolutely never share or sell your information to any other third parties. Gary Skerratt will be known forthwith as the Data Controller.
Introduction Gary Skerratt Photography takes your right to privacy very seriously. This privacy policy has been prepared in line with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which promotes fairness and transparency for all individuals in respect of their personal data. This privacy policy applies to all data we process, and by using Gary Skerratt Photography services you consent to our collection and use of such data.
The Data we collect We collect various data in order to provide you with a photography service We may ask you to provide us the following data –
First name and surname
Address and Postcode
Contact telephone number
Email address
Wedding date
Wedding Venue
Wedding Reception
Name of Best Man
Names of attendants and Ushers
Names of clients for portrait shoots
Names, email address and delivery addresses of persons requesting reprints
We provide a professional wedding photography and portrait service and, as such, we also create and manage images as per our contractual agreement(s).
We use the above data that we collect from you to enable us to contact you about the photographic services that you have booked with us in order that we have the full information of your wedding day or portrait requirements . This will allow us to deliver the services you have requested from our Company to you. We may also contact you to make you aware of other products and services provided by ourselves that may be of interest to you such as wedding albums, memory USB devices, framing Company ,etc
We will contact you to gain your permission for the publication of your images by ourselves to a third party such as an online image hosting Company. We will always seek your consent to use your images in any marketing activity such as wedding fairs, exhibition albums and wall mounted display material. We will also seek your consent to publishing images on social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, etc
We collect this data on the following lawful basis to fulfill the services that you have booked with us, to promote further services that we offer that may be of interest and to gain your permission to use your images for our business’s marketing purposes.
When you visit our website the host companies Davemakeswebsites.com and Onlinepictureproof.com will provide you with relevant information with regards to how they collect Cookies, and for this they will ask you for your consent. Cookies are small pieces of data that websites send to a user's computer and are stored on the user's web browser. They are designed to enable the website to remember information, such as what a user might have put in a shopping cart for example.
Which third parties do we share Personal Data with?
We share personal data with the following third parties:
Online image hosting Companies
Printing companies
Album design Company
Wedding fair organisers
Wedding venues and representatives who hold exhibition albums to market our service
Wedding editorial and publishers for marketing purposes
Framing company
Email Provider
There are also certain situations in which we may share access to your personal data without your explicit consent; for example, if required by law, to protect the life of an individual, or to comply with any valid legal process, government request, rule or regulation. Why do we share your personal data with the above third parties ?
We share your data to:
Our Accountant so that they can carry out required legal accountancy services
Album printing companies, for example if you have asked for your names and wedding date to be printed on the album. Unless requested otherwise albums are posted directly to us first for checking and we will then repost to you at your desired postal address.
Email Provider so that we can contact you when we need to do.
Framing Company in order that they provide your requested service to you
General marketing purposes to promote our wedding and photographic services
How do we keep your personal data secure?
We will keep your data secure
We store paper copies of your contract securely in locked premises.
Your images will be held on an online password protected gallery accessible by our website which is hosted by Onlinepictureproof.com that is GDPR compliant.
All computers that are used to communicate with you and to edit and deliver your images are only accessible via a unique password to each device.
Your images are stored on hard drives during the editing process which are encrypted with unique passwords.
In the unlikely event of a criminal breach of our security we will inform the relevant regulatory body within 72 hours and, if your personal data was involved in the breach, we will also inform you.
Changes to our privacy policy and control
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will let you know by changing the date on this policy, notifying customers of only significant changes. By continuing to access or use our services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised privacy policy. Your rights -
the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data
the right of access to your personal data and any supplementary information
the right to have any errors in your personal data rectified
the right to have your personal data erased
the right to block or suppress the processing of your personal data
the right to move, copy or transfer your personal data from one IT environment to
another
the right to object to processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, and
rights related to automated decision-making (i.e. where no humans are involved) and
profiling (i.e. where certain personal data is processed to evaluate an individual).
We also give you the option to manage your data via contacting us by email, telephone or in writing.
We will not hold personal data any longer than we need to. The duration will depend on the service we are providing for you and whether it is ongoing. We may keep some of your personal data :
Up to 7 years after our working contract with you has finished for Tax legislation purposes.
In respect of emails -Up to a period of 5 years to enable us to answer any queries that you may have .
Via your private online gallery which is accessible via our website hosted by Onlinepictureproof .com as per your agreement with them at the time of creating an account.
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