Personal data I collect

I collect your name so I don’t have to call you Sir or Madam, your email address so I can communicate with you, your mobile number so I can call you to find you on the wedding day, your address so I can post your wedding photos to you and take your photographs because that’s what you’ve paid me to do.

 

How I collect and keep your personal data

Firstly, you use the wonderful form above, which gets sent to my top secret email address; which is secured by a super tricky password which is not my mother's maiden name. If you go ahead with booking me as your wedding photographer, I will store your email in my wedding photography folder on my email account, which is only accessible through my computer. If you enquire but don’t book me, I will delete all your personal data from my database after I have finished feeling sorry for myself regarding your loss of business.

 

Blog commenting

I have a blog on my website where I showcase my wedding photography. If you comment on it, it’s super public so everyone can see it!

 

Right of confirmation, access, rectification and erasure

If you have questions about how your personal data is handled, you can just drop me an email and I will quickly write something up. I’m happy to show you the information I have on you, and unsurprisingly it’ll probably be exactly the things you’ve told me because sadly I am not a secret spy. If some of the information is wrong, you have the right to correct it, and I would definitely recommend this because neither of us want me turning up at the wrong wedding! If you’d like me to delete all your personal data, you have the right to request it, but I wouldn’t recommend asking for that before your wedding otherwise, I may not end up attending your wedding as I will have no information about it. I definitely need to know stuff about you to work for you but when you feel you have had enough of me, you can definitely delete me; although I do like keeping in touch with my couples, but this is easily done on my Facebook or Instagram pages. I do tend to keep email addresses of my clients in the system, known as Google Mail, while your online gallery is live and you never know you may decide you want some products at a later date.

 

Use of your data

The summary of this is that I’m not weird and I will only use your email to email you about your wedding. I wouldn’t give your email out to anyone else, I don’t even give it to the second shooter! I also won’t be sending you lots of newsletters mostly because I don't do newsletters. I do sometimes give out phone numbers to second shooters, for the same reasons as above - to find you on your wedding day. I have a questionnaire that asks you for details about your wedding day, along with an online contract to be signed, these do not go anywhere bar my computer and then into a pdf which I print. The questionnaire is used on the day of your wedding and, is attached to me at all times throughout the day. I may use this to scribble notes on throughout the day , so your blog post shows off how awesome your day was! Sometimes your wedding may catch the eye of an independent wedding blogger, and they may ask my permission to publish some of your photos. Again, nothing can happen without your consent. 

 

Use of your face based data

When it comes to your photographs, the EU hasn’t gotten too specific about what that means for working photographers other than that we need to demonstrate reasonable and legitimate use. I can tell you that I won’t sell your wedding photos to be used anywhere, if a third party does approach me asking me to buy one of your photos, I will email you about it. There’s a couple of things I do to run my business, like show my work on social media - Facebook, Instagram and my own website. If you have booked me you probably looked at photos on these platforms. I do ask couples to opt into this in my contract, but you can always decide to keep your wedding private. I have shot a lot of weddings that no one has ever seen. Even if you don’t specify that you want out, I will actually ask you directly before the wedding as well if you’re ok with me putting you and your guests on the internet. I store photos on password encrypted hard drives in my house. I also keep a copy of your faces with an online gallery provider that is GDPR compliant.​

 

GDPR compliancy achieved!