PRIVACY POLICY
MY COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
I’m committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. I’ll ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when you complete my contact form. This is only really so I know your name and can email you back. I ask for your phone number too, and the reason for this is so that I can text you to let you know the email from me is likely hiding in the junk or spam mail folder. I promise not to sell it for cold hard cash if you eventually decide not to book me.
What I Collect (Information I Hold)
I may collect and process information you provide by completing forms on my website and information you supply in email correspondence or from if we meet at wedding fairs.
I may collect the following information:
Name
Email address
Mobile number
Your home address (This is for the contract)
The address where you’re getting ready at on the morning of the wedding.
Wedding venue and reception venue details and details of any suppliers involved
Names of key family members (I use this for group photos)
Names and phone numbers of bridesmaids and best men/groomsmen in case I need to contact anyone on the day and not stress you out.
WHAT I DO WITH THIS INFORMATION
Assuming I’m having a good year and don’t have to resort to selling it on the dark web (JOKING!) then it sits quietly in my email inbox. If you go ahead and book me to photograph your awesome wedding or elopement, this data is then stored on my pc and some details on my phone and a limited back up on my wifes phone (she does my admin and keeps me organised)
I also print out this data and pop it in an A4 ring binder which lives in a drawer at home in my office, just so that in the unlikely event that my pc and phone breaks, I still know who you are and when your wedding is and the venue etc.
If you complete my contact form in a bid to try and sell me something, rest assured it goes straight in the bin.
Privacy & Individuals Rights
The GDPR includes the following rights for individuals:
The right to be informed
The right of access (just get in touch and this can be arranged)
A right to rectification
The right to erasure (If you ask me to delete every copy of your wedding photos, I will need to receive this request from both parties and there’s a cooling off period of 3 months after this poof, GONE!)
Right to restrict processing
The right to data portability
A right to object
The right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.
Lawful Processing of Data
I only process data in relation to enquiries and booking conversations with clients. The processes and systems I have in place are designed with your privacy in mind.
Access Requests
If you would like to access the data I have on you, you can request this in writing via email. I won’t charge you for it, not a penny!
CONSENT
Here’s the lowdown on what ‘consent’ means with GDPR:
GDPR definition: “any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her”
When you book me to photograph your wedding, you’ll receive a few emails between the booking date and the wedding date. The purpose of these emails is to gather information to help me provide you with an awesome service. I will also confirm with you that you are happy for me to use your images on social media and my website. For any blog submissions you will be consulted at all parts of the process.
Consent & Guest Photos
Throughout the wedding day, I will aim to get photos of all of your guests. During the main family and friend’s photos, I will work on the assumption that everyone is happy for me to photograph them. I verbally seek permission of the parents/guardians of any children I’m photographing on the wedding day about photo use
When it comes to other guests e.g. evening reception guests, I work on the basis of ‘assumed consent’ for documentary coverage. I will verbally ask for consent from the people I intend to photograph in any organised or posed photograph. If they decline, I will take steps to omit them from the backgrounds of other photos where possible. As a result, you may notice one or two people missing from the final photo selection. If they say yes, I will take this as ‘express consent’. With GDPR, consent can be withdrawn later without reason. So, if a guest recovers from a hangover and remembers they pulled a sickie at work to attend your wedding day, then they can rest assured I will not post a photo on Facebook of them throwing shapes on the dancefloor with their tie around their head. They just need to get in touch and let me know. A text is fine.
Photo Removal
You and your guests do have a right NOT to be featured on my website. I will work on the assumption that your guests are ok with me featuring photos that make them look awesome. If I photograph part of your wedding story that involves, say, a guest drunk and asleep, then I would like to reassure you that I will not post this online or use it for marketing purposes.
If any of your guests contact me and request that their photo is removed, I will remove the whole photo. I feel adding a blur effect or putting a black box over their face may deter from the overall aesthetic.
PROMOTIONAL EMAILS & MAILING LISTS
My observant existing clients may have noticed I have not sent out any emails requesting permission to keep emailing them. This is because I probably haven’t emailed you since delivery of your wedding photos. Its not that I don’t love you, I love all my clients, but as you will know or find out I’m not a sales guy. I hate the pushy sales stuff!
I will only email you in relation to an enquiry, or a question you have asked me. Or for a host of other important reasons relating to your enquiry or wedding booking.
In the unlikely event that I’m organised enough in future to send out regular promotional emails and would, therefore, need to set up a mailing list, I’ll be sure to ask permission in advance and comply with all the double opt-in stuff. I’m still catching up with blogging from last year though, so this looks unlikely.
SECURITY
Precautions are taken on my website to ensure it is as secure as possible. This reduces the chance of data being robbed via hacking or malware.
I delete old emails and mobile numbers when everything has been delivered and we’ve not been in touch for 12 months or longer. If you do text me out of the blue, please keep this in mind. Remember to mention who you are along with your wedding date.
OUR DETAILS
This business is owned and operated by Nik Bryant with assistance from Laura Bryant
Our principal place of business is at: 378 Darwen Road, Bromley cross, Bolton, BL7 9JD
You can contact myself by email at nik@nikbryantphotography.co.uk