PRIVACY & COOKIE POLICY

Everything you need to know.

This website is operated by Micaela Karina Photography.

We take your privacy very seriously therefore we urge to read this policy very carefully because it contains important information about on:

  • who we are,
  • how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information,
  • your rights in relation to your personal information, and
  • how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event that you have a complaint.
 

Who we are

Micaela Karina Photography (‘we’ or ‘us’) (trading as Micaela Karina Photography) collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you.

When we do so we are regulated under the General Data protection Regulations which apply across the European Union (including the United Kingdom) and we are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.

 
 

We collect the following personal information that you provide to us:

 

  • email address
  • name
  • phone number
Some examples of when we collect this information include:
  • when you’re filling out an enquiry or signing up to our newsletter
 

If you give us information about another person, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on their behalf and agreed that you:

 

  • shall consent on their behalf to the processing of their personal data;
  • shall receive any data protection notices on their behalf; and
  • shall consent on their behalf to the transfer of their personal data abroad.

Where your information is stored

I use Dubsado to store all personal information. To find out more how Dubsado stores your information, please take a look at their Privacy Policy.

I won’t pass your personal information to third parties without consent.


Cookies and similar technologies
 

We use cookies.

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer or electronic device when you access our website. Similar technologies include web beacons, action tags, local shared objects (‘flash cookies’) and single-pixel gifs. Such technologies can be used to track users’ actions and activities, and to store information about them. We use these cookies and/or similar technologies on this website.

For example we may use cookies to monitor and/or collect the following information:

traffic data, webpages visited, location etc…

This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this information may be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

In addition it should be noted that in some cases our cookies or similar technologies may be owned and controlled by third parties who will also collect personal information about you.
 
 

We collect information about our users for the following purposes:

 

  • To get in touch with you about your wedding photography after you’ve enquired with us
  • To send you any downloads you’ve requested and to follow up with you.

We may share your information with:

 

We will not share you personal information with any other 3rd parties.
 
Marketing

We would like to send you information about products, services, offers, competitions and our business which may be of interest to you. Such information could be sent by post, email, telephone, text message or automated call.

We will ask whether you would like us to send you marketing messages on the first occasion that you provide any relevant contact information (i.e. on purchase, signing up to a newsletter, entering a competition etc).

If you do opt in to receive such marketing from us you can opt out at any time (see ‘What rights do you have?’ below for further information). If you have any queries about how to opt out, or if you are receiving messages you do not want you can contact us using the details provided below.

 
The provision of the following information is required from you:
  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
This is to enable us to do the following:
To get in touch with you about your wedding photography, and any other photography you’re interested in.
 
How long your personal information will be kept
We will hold your personal information for the following periods:
If you’re a client, we will keep your personal information for at least 10 years. If you’re an enquiry, we’ll delete your information after 2 years.
These periods are no longer than necessary in each case.
 
Keeping your information secure

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We will also use technological and organisation measures to keep your information secure.

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

Indeed, while we will use all reasonable efforts to secure your personal data, in using the site you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that are transferred from you or to you via the internet. If you have any particular concerns about your information, please contact us using the details below.
 
Transfers of your information out of the EEA
We will not transfer your personal information outside of the EEA at any time.
 
What rights do you have?
Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to:
  • fair processing of information and transparency over how we use your use personal information
  • access to your personal information and to certain other supplementary information that this Privacy Notice is already designed to address
  • require us to correct any mistakes in your information which we hold
  • require the erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations
  • receive the personal information concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations
  • object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing
  • object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you
  • object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information
  • otherwise restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances
  • claim compensation for damages caused by our breach of any data protection laws

For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individual’s rights under the General Data Protection Regulations (http://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/)

If you would like to exercise any of these rights please:
  • email, call or write to us
  • let us have enough information to identify you
  • let us have proof of your identity (a copy of your driving license, passport or a recent credit card/utility bill)
  • let us know the information to which your request relates
From time to time we may also have other methods to unsubscribe (opt-out) from any direct marketing including for example, unsubscribe buttons or web links. If such are offered, please note that there may be some period after selecting to unsubscribe in which marketing may still be received while your request is being processed.
 
Changes to the privacy policy
This privacy policy was published on 01/07/2020 and last updated on 01/07/2020.
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access this website. 
 
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us by:
e-mail: hello@micaelakarina.com