Privacy Policy – TME Photography Herts
Legal pages are rarely exciting, but keeping your personal information safe is a big deal. If you are reviewing this Hertfordshire wedding photography privacy policy, you will find exactly how your data is collected, stored, and protected when you use tmephotographyherts.co.uk. Ultimately, I only ask for the information I actually need to photograph your wedding and deliver your images.
1. Who We Are (The Data Controller)
Our website address is:
2. What Data We Collect and Why
When you fill out a contact form or book a shoot, I collect your name, email, phone number, and wedding details. Because I need this information to fulfill our contract and communicate with you, this forms the “lawful basis” for processing your data under UK law.
Meanwhile, if you leave a comment on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, alongside your IP address to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.
Furthermore, if you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading files with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract this data.
3. Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name and email address in cookies. Therefore, you do not have to fill your details in again next time. These last for one year.
However, if you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts them. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Additional cookies are used to save your screen display choices if you edit or publish an article.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos or external images. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you have visited the other website. Consequently, these external websites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, and monitor your interaction with their content.
5. Who We Share Your Data With
I do not sell or trade your personal data. Instead, it is only shared with trusted third-party services strictly necessary to run the business, such as my online gallery provider and email hosting platform. If you request a password reset for a site account, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize follow-up comments. Ultimately, for actual wedding clients, your booking information and contract details are securely retained for up to seven years to comply with UK tax and administrative laws.
7. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Under UK GDPR, you have strict rights regarding your personal information. You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data held about you. Additionally, you can request that we erase any personal data we hold. This does not include any data we are legally obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
8. The Right to Complain
Crucially, if you feel your personal data has been mishandled, you have the right to lodge a formal complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO is the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights.