Privacy Policy
Privacy & Cookies Policy
I collect a variety of necessary information from you before, during and after you book any photography session with me, such as Names, Addresses and Contact Information of the person(s) using my services. To make sure I am in the know and can provide you with a more personal service I may also take details and notes to help me remember important conversations and any requests you may have.
If you e-mail me or send me messages via social media, these messages are stored within my email system or social media accounts. These messages are stored for as long as practicable to allow us to provide you with better future services.
Any data I collect is collected directly from you. Whether you fill out my contact form online, a chat we had face to face, over the phone or via e-mail or messages.
In some cases, a third party may give data to me. This includes if somebody purchases a gift voucher for you, I will usually ask for your name and details so I can process their order, and provide my services to you.
The data I collect is solely for the purpose of providing you with a service you have booked, ordered, or had ordered for you. The data I collect is also to help me provide you with a better service. I am required by law to collect and store certain information relating to any services you have booked and orders you have placed with me.
The data I collect will be used by Luke Slattery Photography to enable me to provide you with my services and products. Contact data (e-mail addresses) may be used to send you direct offers from Luke Slattery Photography about upcoming promotions or newsletters. These can be unsubscribed from at any time. I may internally analyse data for business and forecast purposes.
Luke Slattery Photography has a legitimate interest in using images taken in relation to your booking and may use these images in the following ways. You are free to refuse the use of these images at any time:
• On social media for promotion & advertising purposes
• On our website for promotion & advertising purposes
• For marketing materials (business stationary, flyers, business cards etc)
• For publications/print
I take your privacy very seriously and will never sell your data to any third party organisations. There are a few scenarios where some of your data may be shared with third parties to allow me to provide my services to you. These include:
• Delivery and Postage Service Providers to allow us to send you documentation and orders you have placed. (Information shared includes Name, Address and in some case e-mail address / mobile number)
• Manufacturers (our printing labs) if we are sending an order directly to you from a lab. (Information shared includes Name, Address and in some case e-mail address / mobile number)
• Law Enforcement and Legal Requirements – I will provide data to law enforcement agencies if issued with a court order to do so.
I collect, store and process your data in such a way that should have no negative effect on you as an individual. All of my photographic data is stored on password protected, encrypted hard drives that are stored in a secured, locked and alarmed building.
Most data I collect is stored indefinitely. This is so I can provide a better service to you as a customer in the event that you contact me again in the future. I am legally obliged to store some data for a minimum amount of time, for example sale order records, payment records etc.
If you have any questions about data I hold about you, please feel free to contact me. You may request a copy of any data I store about you and I will comply with any requests as per the guidance of the Information Commissioner’s Office. If you would like any clarification on how I collect, store or process your data please contact me directly.
If you would like any further information on the legal guidelines I operate within, or have any concerns about how I use your data, please check the ICO’s website at https://ico.org.uk
This business is owned and operated by Luke Slattery, trading as Luke Slattery Photography. 5 Amberwood, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 9SG.
You can contact me in writing using the above address or by sending me an email to slatteryphoto@btinternet.com.
Cookies
What are Cookies?
We collect information about your use of our Site through cookies. Cookies are information that files stored on your computer, tablet or smartphone that help websites remember who you are and information about your visit. Cookies can help to display the information on our Site in a way that matches your interests. Most major websites use cookies.
What cookies are used on this Site?
The cookies we use on our Site are broadly grouped into the following categories:
• Essential
– Some of the cookies on our Site are essential for us to be able to provide you with a service you have requested. An example of this could be a cookie used to enable you to log into your account on our Site or which allows communication between your browser and our Site. Our cookie preference cookie described in the section “How can I reject or opt out of receiving cookies?” is also an essential cookie. You may not be able to use our Site without these cookies.
• Analytics
– We use analytics cookies to helps us understand how users engage with our Site. An example is counting the number of different people coming to our Site or using a particular feature, rather than the total number of times the site or feature is used. Without this cookie, if you visited our Site once each week for three weeks we would count you as three separate users. We would find it difficult to analyse how well our Site was performing and improve it without these cookies.
• User Cookies
– We use cookies to improve your experience by remembering your preferences so we know how you like to use our Site. Examples of this would be remembering you so that you are served with the same content or to remember you when you come back to our Site.
• Social Sharing
– We use third party cookies to allow you to share content directly on the social networking/sharing sites like Facebook, Twitter or Google+. Examples would be if you wanted to “like” or “tweet” about us or our products or services. Please see our “Third Party Cookies” section below for more details.
• Interest-Based Advertising
– You will have noticed that when you visit websites you will be shown adverts for products and services you may wish to buy. The money made by website owners for showing third party adverts on their websites often pays for the cost of running the website and therefore usually allows you to use the website without having to pay a registration or usage fee. To try and ensure that the adverts you see are relevant to you third party cookies may be used to collect information about the types of things that interest you, for example websites you visit and the geography that you are based in. Having these cookies does not increase the number of adverts you will be shown, but simply makes the adverts you see more relevant. Please see our “Third Party Cookies” section below for more details.
b. How can I reject or opt out of receiving cookies?
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you use our Site. The “Help” menu of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. For more information about cookies and how to stop cookies being installed or how to delete existing cookies from your hard drive visit the following website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
c. Third party cookies
Some of the cookies described in the "What Cookies are used on our Site" section above are stored on your machine by third parties when you use our Site. Third parties may also read cookies on your browser to collect information or to serve content or advertisements to you. We have no control over these cookies or how the third parties use them. They are used to allow that third party to provide a service to us, for example analytics. For more information on these cookies and how to disable them, please see:
• Internet Advertising Bureau website at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ where you will be able to opt-out of receiving Interest-Based Advertising cookies from some of the third parties listed below; and/or
• If you want to know more about how cookies work and how to manage or delete them, visit the World Wide Web Consortium's website.
