Your privacy is extremely important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how Dublin Photoshoot (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us”, “our”, or dublinphotoshoot.com) collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you use our website, interact with our platform, and book our photography services in Ireland.

We are fully committed to transparency and operate in strict compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union.

1. What Personal Data Do We Collect and Why?

• Booking & Contact Information: When you book a session, we collect your name, email address, and phone number to manage your reservation, process your order, and communicate logistical details (such as meeting points and weather updates).

• Image Data: The photographs captured during your session constitute personal data under GDPR.

• Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it (their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/).

   

• Media Uploads: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

2. Cookies and Third-Party Embedded Content

• Website Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These last for one year.

• Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies (it contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser). When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login info and screen choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks.

• Embedded Content: Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, maps, images, 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.

3. Data Sharing and Financial Security

We never sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. Your data is shared exclusively with certified platforms necessary to execute our service:

• Payment Gateways (such as Stripe/PayPal): All financial transactions are processed securely and with end-to-end encryption through our partners. Dublin Photoshoot does not see, store, or have access to your credit card details or bank information.

• Photography Gallery Platforms (e.g., Pixieset, Pic-Time): Where your final edited photos are securely hosted for you to view and download.

• Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

• Account Security: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

4. How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

• User Profiles: For users that register on our website (if any), we 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.

• Photography Deliverables: Your contact details are kept in our administrative database for historical and tax purposes. Your final edited photos will be stored in your private digital gallery for a period of 3 months (90 days) following delivery, after which they may be permanently removed from the hosting servers.

5. What Rights You Have Over Your Data (GDPR)

If you have an account on this site, have left comments, or have booked a photoshoot with us, you have specific guaranteed rights under European law. At any time, you can contact us to:

• Request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

• Request that we permanently erase any personal data we hold about you, or request the removal of a specific image from our digital portfolio/social media.

Note: This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, financial, or security purposes.

6. Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services or evolving legal regulations in Ireland. We recommend reviewing this page regularly to stay informed.