Wight Shutter Photography

Privacy Policy

Wight Shutter Photography respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal Wight Shutter Photography
Last updated: 24 August 2026

information.

This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, store and protect your personal information when you visit my website, contact me, book a photography service, purchase products, or otherwise interact with Wight Shutter Photography.

Wight Shutter Photography is a sole trader business based on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.

1. Who I am

The business responsible for your personal information is:

Wight Shutter Photography
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Email: wightshutterphotography@gmail.com

Website: https://wightshutterphotography.com/

For privacy or data protection enquiries, please contact me using the email address above.

2. What personal information I collect

Depending on how you interact with Wight Shutter Photography, I may collect and process:

  • Your name
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Postal and delivery address
  • Billing information
  • Details relating to your photography booking or enquiry
  • Event, session or appointment details
  • Information relating to products you purchase
  • Payment and transaction information
  • Communications between you and Wight Shutter Photography
  • Photographs and images taken during photography sessions
  • Information you provide when requesting a quote or making an enquiry
  • Website usage information, including information collected through cookies and analytics tools

I only collect information that is reasonably necessary for operating the business, providing services, processing orders and communicating with customers.

3. How I collect your information

I may collect personal information when you:

  • Contact me by email, telephone or through my website
  • Submit an enquiry or contact form
  • Book a photography session
  • Purchase photographs, prints, artwork or other products
  • Make a payment
  • Provide information for delivery or shipping
  • Communicate with me about an existing booking or order
  • Consent to receive marketing communications
  • Give permission for your photographs to be used for promotional purposes
  • Visit or use my website

Some information may also be collected automatically when you use my website through cookies, analytics and similar technologies.

4. Why I use your personal information

I use your personal information for the following purposes:

Providing photography services

I use your information to:

  • Respond to enquiries
  • Arrange and manage photography bookings
  • Communicate with you about your booking
  • Deliver photography services
  • Provide photographs and completed work
  • Deal with questions or requests relating to your session

Processing orders

If you purchase products through my website, I may use your information to:

  • Process your order
  • Take and confirm payment
  • Arrange delivery or shipping
  • Contact you regarding your order
  • Deal with returns, refunds or customer service enquiries

Business administration

I may also use your information for legitimate business purposes, including:

  • Keeping appropriate business and financial records
  • Managing invoices and payments
  • Accounting and tax purposes
  • Preventing fraud or misuse
  • Protecting my legal rights
  • Dealing with complaints or disputes
  • Complying with legal and regulatory obligations

Marketing

Where you have provided the appropriate consent, I may use your contact details to send you marketing communications about Wight Shutter Photography.

You can withdraw your marketing consent at any time by contacting me at:

wightshutterphotography@gmail.com

I will not make receiving photography services or purchasing products conditional on you agreeing to receive marketing.

5. Photographs and promotional use

Photography is at the heart of my business, and photographs may contain identifiable people.

Your photographs are primarily created and processed for the purpose of providing the photography service you have booked.

I may also wish to use selected photographs for promotional purposes, including:

  • My website
  • Social media accounts
  • Photography portfolios
  • Advertising
  • Printed promotional materials
  • Competitions or exhibitions
  • Other promotional activities relating to Wight Shutter Photography

I will seek separate consent before using identifiable client photographs for promotional or marketing purposes where consent is required.

Giving permission for promotional use is optional and is separate from the photography service itself.

You may withdraw your consent for future promotional use at any time by contacting me. Withdrawal of consent will not affect processing that took place before the consent was withdrawn.

Please note that it may not always be possible to remove photographs that have already been printed or distributed, or content that has been shared by third parties.

6. Lawful bases for processing

Under UK data protection law, I need a lawful basis for processing your personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, I may rely on:

Contract – where processing is necessary to provide a photography service, fulfil an order, arrange delivery or otherwise perform an agreement with you.

Legal obligation – where I need to keep or provide information to comply with legal, accounting or tax requirements.

Legitimate interests – where processing is necessary for the reasonable operation and management of my business, provided that your rights and interests do not override those interests.

Consent – where you have specifically given permission for a particular use of your information, such as certain marketing activities, promotional use of photographs or non-essential cookies.

The lawful basis used will depend on the specific circumstances.

7. Payment information

Payments made through the website may be processed using third-party payment providers.

Where you make a payment, your payment information may be processed directly by the relevant payment provider. I do not intend to store your full payment card details on my own systems.

The payment provider may process your information in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms.

8. Third-party service providers

To operate Wight Shutter Photography, I may use trusted third-party providers for services such as:

  • Website hosting
  • Website management
  • Online payments
  • Shipping and delivery
  • Cloud storage
  • Website analytics
  • Email and communications
  • Marketing
  • Social media
  • Website security

These providers may process personal information on my behalf or as independent organisations.

Where appropriate, I will take reasonable steps to ensure that third-party providers handle personal information securely and in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

Some providers may process information outside the UK. Where this occurs, appropriate safeguards will be used where required by UK data protection law.

9. Cloud storage and photographs

Client photographs and associated information may be stored using secure cloud storage services.

I take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect photographs and personal information against unauthorised access, accidental loss, destruction or disclosure.

However, no online storage or electronic transmission system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Cookies and website analytics

My website uses cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies may be used to:

  • Make the website function correctly
  • Remember preferences
  • Understand how visitors use the website
  • Improve website performance
  • Measure website traffic
  • Support marketing and advertising activities where applicable

Some cookies may be provided by third-party services, such as analytics or social media providers.

Where consent is required, non-essential cookies will only be used after you have given appropriate consent.

You can manage your cookie preferences through the cookie controls provided on the website and/or through your browser settings.

11. Social media

Wight Shutter Photography has a presence on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and X/Twitter.

If you interact with my social media accounts, the relevant platform may collect and process your personal information in accordance with its own privacy policy.

I may also publish photographs on social media where I have the appropriate permission or another lawful basis to do so.

12. How long I keep your information

I will not keep personal information for longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless I am required or permitted by law to keep it for longer.

As a general guide:

  • Enquiries that do not result in a booking: normally up to 12 months
  • Booking and client information: normally for the duration of the relationship and up to 7 years afterwards where required for business, accounting, tax or legal purposes
  • Order and financial records: normally up to 7 years where required for accounting, tax or legal purposes
  • Client photographs: normally retained for a reasonable period after the photography service, potentially for several years where necessary to provide access to your photographs, deal with re-orders or protect against disputes
  • Marketing information: until you withdraw your consent or otherwise ask for your information to be removed from marketing communications
  • Marketing consent records: retained for as long as necessary to demonstrate that consent was obtained and managed appropriately
  • Website analytics and cookie information: retained according to the settings and retention periods of the relevant analytics/cookie services

These periods are guidelines rather than automatic deletion dates. Information may be retained for longer where there is a legitimate reason or legal requirement to do so.

13. Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, you have rights under UK data protection law, including the right to:

  • Ask what personal information I hold about you
  • Request a copy of your personal information
  • Ask me to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Ask me to delete your personal information in certain circumstances
  • Ask me to restrict how your information is processed in certain circumstances
  • Object to certain processing
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
  • Request the transfer of certain information to another organisation where the right to data portability applies

These rights are not absolute and may depend on the circumstances and the lawful basis for processing.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact:

wightshutterphotography@gmail.com

I will normally respond to a valid request within the timeframe required by applicable data protection law.

14. Keeping your information secure

I take reasonable steps to protect personal information against:

  • Unauthorised access
  • Accidental loss
  • Destruction
  • Misuse
  • Unauthorised disclosure
  • Unauthorised alteration

Access to personal information is limited to what is reasonably necessary for operating Wight Shutter Photography.

15. Children’s information

Photography services may sometimes involve photographs of children.

Where a child is photographed as part of a booking, the relevant parent, guardian or person with appropriate authority may provide information and, where required, consent on the child’s behalf.

Where photographs of children are considered for promotional use, separate appropriate consent will be obtained.

16. Sharing your information

I do not sell your personal information.

I may share information where reasonably necessary to operate the business, fulfil your booking or order, or comply with legal obligations.

This may include sharing relevant information with:

  • Payment providers
  • Website and hosting providers
  • Cloud storage providers
  • Delivery and shipping providers
  • Accountants or professional advisers
  • IT, security or technical service providers
  • Government bodies, regulators or law enforcement agencies where legally required

I will only share information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

17. International transfers

Some third-party service providers may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, I will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place where required by applicable data protection law.

18. Changes to this Privacy Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to my business, website, services, technology or applicable data protection requirements.

The latest version will be made available on my website.

Last updated: 24 August 2026

19. Complaints

If you have concerns about how Wight Shutter Photography has handled your personal information, please contact me first at:

wightshutterphotography@gmail.com

I will do my best to resolve your concern.

You also have the right to complain to the UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), if you believe your personal information has been handled unlawfully or your data protection rights have not been respected.

You can find information about making a complaint on the ICO’s website.

20. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Wight Shutter Photography handles your personal information, please contact:

Wight Shutter Photography
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Email: wightshutterphotography@gmail.com

Website: https://wightshutterphotography.com/