Privacy policy

Who we are

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for https://yvonnemacdonaldphotography.com, and governs the privacy of its visitors. It explains how we comply with the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) legislation and the DPA (Data Protection Act). This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR and DPA are adhered to. It will explain the following:

What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used, and with whom it may be shared.

What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
The security procedures in place to protect against the misuse of your information.
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
The partners we use and their linked Privacy Policies

THe dpa & gdpr may 2018

This website complies with the DPA (Data Protection Act 1998) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), effective from May 2018.

Information collection, use, and sharing

We (Yvonne MacDonald Photography) are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of Yvonne MacDonald Photography, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.

We request information from you on our contact form. To use our services, you must provide contact information (like name, email address, and address). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we’ll use this information to contact you.

client galleries

Yvonne MacDonald Photography delivers photos using a Client Gallery, provided by Pic-time. Galleries are available for up to 12 months and any email addresses collected are used solely for communication about the gallery they registered for and its upcoming expiration. Once the gallery has expired and been deleted, all email addresses associated to that gallery are also deleted. You can find details about Picture under “Sharing” and their privacy policy here.

Pic-time has an online store function, where anyone registered for the gallery can purchase prints, wall art, wedding albums and other products. The online store is linked to Loxley Colour who fulfil the orders of prints and wall art. Their details can be found under “Sharing” and their privacy policy here.

We may display any images taken to generally promote the Business in Yvonne MacDonald Photography’s portfolio and by means of advertising, publicity material, websites, exhibitions, competitions, magazine articles, and other such media, providing that the images are used lawfully and without damage to you. By agreeing to the contract of services you consent to the use of such images. Images placed in password-protected galleries within the website are not available to the general public in the normal course of events. Yvonne MacDonald Photography agrees not to resell any image to a third party other than with prior written consent.

use and display of images

your access to/control over information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

See what data we have about you, if any.

Change/correct any data we have about you.

Have us delete any data we have about you.

Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.

We partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

The partners we use are:

Pic-time – for the delivery and sharing of client galleries. Their privacy policy can be found here

Studio Ninja – a Studio Management System to send invoices, quotes, contracts, and communication relating to your contracted services. Their privacy policy can be found here

Folio – for the design sign-off and delivery of albums. Their privacy policy can be found here

Loxley Colour – for the fulfilment of orders through Pic-time’s online store function. Their privacy policy can be found here

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.