DATA PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy sets out how Richard Cranefield Photography collects, uses, stores and protects any information that you give to us when you use the website at www.richard.cranefield.com (“this website”) or commission services from me.

This website is hosted by Squarespace.

Richard Cranefield Photography is a trading name of Strategic Image Ltd.

I am committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should I ask you to provide certain information from which you can be identified when using this website or my services, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy statement and with the requirements laid down by law in the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998, The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PECR) 2003 and the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018. Richard Cranefield Photography is the data controller and responsible for your personal data (“I” “we” “us” “our” in this privacy notice]. My contact details are set out below. Strategic Image Ltd. is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office under registration number ZB246033.

I may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 12th January 2023.

What I Collect

I may collect the following information:

• Your name and job title.

• Contact information including your email address, postal address and telephone number.

• Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests.

• Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers provided by me.

It is important that the personal data I hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep me informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with me.

I do not collect any special categories of data.

The legal basis for processing your data

I collect this data from you on at least one of the following legal bases:

• In the case of email addresses for marketing activity that you have provided your explicit opt-in consent for me to do so.

• In the case of Name, email address, home address, and phone number that I need to in order to fulfil my contractual obligations to you (which includes the provision of quotations or estimates as a result of a request from you).

• In the case of your corporate email address (where you have provided me with this), that we have a legitimate interest in doing so for our own commercial marketing activities and activities related to customer satisfaction and product development and service improvement where our use of your data is proportionate, has a minimal impact on your privacy and is promotes an activity that you might reasonably expect me to be engaged in.

How is your data collected?

I use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:

• Direct interactions with you when you fill in a form or correspond with me by post, phone, email or otherwise;

• Third parties for example where I have purchased a mailing list;

• Automated technologies or interactions, for example as you interact with this website we may automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns or by using cookies. Please see below for more information on how this website uses cookies.

What I do with the information I gather

I use, store and process this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular, for the following reasons:

• Internal record-keeping and to administer any services I am delivering to you.

• I may use the information for our legitimate business interests to improve our products and services to you.

• I may periodically send promotional emails about new products or services, special offers or other information which I think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided and given me consent to use or, where you have provided me with a corporate email address, for our legitimate interests (as described above), provided you have not unsubscribed.

From time to time, I may also use your information to contact you for my own market research and survey purposes. I may contact you by email, phone, fax or post but only in accordance with your express and explicit consent for such contact. I may also use the information for my internal business purposes and legitimate interests of improving customer satisfaction to customise my website(s) according to your interests to provide you with a better experience.

How long do I keep your personal information for?

I will only retain your personal information for the minimum time that is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. In relation to financial and transactional data this will be for a period of approximately 6 years after the date of the transaction. In the case of marketing consent, we will contact you to renew this every two years.

In the case of consent forms and rights agreements, they are kept digitally in perpetuity.

Controlling your personal information – your rights

You may choose at any time to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on my website(s), look for the box or boxes that you can choose to tick to indicate that you agree or opt-in, so that the information can be used by us for direct marketing purposes – if you don’t agree then don’t tick.

• Right to withdraw consent, data retention and the right to be forgotten - If you have previously agreed to me using your personal information or I am using your contact details for our legitimate interests for direct-marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing me at photography@cranefield.com. I will comply with your request within one month of receiving it. Please note, there may be certain circumstances such as a legal obligation I may have, that mean the right to be forgotten (your right to have your data erased) cannot be implemented but I will inform you of this should you contact us on this basis.

• Right of data portability – You have the right to request a copy of the data that you provided me with in order that you can reuse it for your own purposes across different services. This right is only applicable if you have given me explicit consent to process your data or if I have used it for the performance of any contract(s) I may have (had) with you. If you wish to do this, please email me at photography@cranefield.com. I will provide the information in a commonly used format free of charge.

• Right of access to your data - You may request details of personal information which I hold about you. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to or email me at photography@cranefield.com. You will not need to pay a fee to access your personal data.

• Right to rectification of inaccurate data - If you believe that any information I am holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email me at photography@cranefield.com as soon as possible. I will promptly rectify any information found to be incorrect.

• Right to object to processing of your data – You have a right to object to us using your data for marketing under the basis of ‘legitimate interests’ and if you wish to do so, please contact me at photography@cranefield.com

Disclosures of your personal data

I will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties other than for the delivery of my services to you.

I may use Subprocessors to process the Personal Data. The use of Subprocessor to process the Personal Data will be in compliance with Data Protection Legislation and will be governed by a contract between us and Subprocessor.

Sub processors will be permitted to process personal data only to deliver the services I/you have requested, and they shall be prohibited from using Personal Data for any other purpose.

I require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. I do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

International Transfers

I may transfer Personal Data away from the location it which it was originally collected (i.e. outside of the EEA), in such case I will ensure the transfers will be completed in compliance with mechanisms that are recognized under the relevant Data Protection Legislation as providing an adequate level of protection for data transfers.

Security

I am committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, I have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information I collect. All your information is stored electronically on password protectedlocal storage, Google Drive and Backblaze.

I limit access to your personal data to those employees and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

In the event of any data security breach, I will comply with my legal responsibilities to notify the applicable regulator and you as outlined in the applicable legislation.

Any password(s) which you might use to access my website or other platforms that are operated by me using third-party providers are your own responsibility and you undertake not to share them with anyone else, save as to making provisions in your will. If you believe your password(s) has/have been compromised, you must inform me straightaway and change it.

Complaints

If you have reason to make a complaint, then you should contact me in writing as soon as possible at photography@cranefield.com.

How I use cookies on my website(s)

A cookie is a small text file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

I may use traffic-log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps me analyse data about web-page traffic and improve my website(s) in order to tailor it to users’ needs. I only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and the data is then removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help me provide you with a better website experience, by enabling me to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives me access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with me.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of my website(s).

Links to other websites

My website(s) may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave this website, you should be aware that I do not have any control over those other websites. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.