Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Clare Frances Photography ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit personalbrandingphotography.ie or use our contact form. We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Irish data protection law.

1. Who We Are

Data Controller: Clare Frances Photography
Address: 5 Silver Birches, Stonepark, Longford, Ireland
Email: info@cfphotographer.com
Website: personalbrandingphotography.ie

2. What Data We Collect

When you submit an enquiry through our contact form, we collect:

• Your first and last name
• Your email address
• Your phone number (optional)
• Your business or brand name (optional)
• Your session of interest
• The message you submit

We do not collect any special categories of personal data (such as health information, racial origin, or political opinions).

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the information you provide solely to:

• Respond to your enquiry about our photography services
• Communicate with you about your session booking
• Provide the photography services you have requested

We will never sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data on the following legal bases under GDPR:

• Legitimate interests — to respond to enquiries about our services
• Contractual necessity — to fulfil a booking or service agreement once made
• Consent — where you have voluntarily provided your information through our contact form

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. Enquiries that do not result in a booking will be deleted after 12 months. Client records are retained for 6 years for accounting and legal compliance purposes.

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

Under GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access — to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to erasure — to request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to restrict processing — to limit how we use your data
• Right to data portability — to receive your data in a commonly used format
• Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Right to withdraw consent — at any time, without affecting prior processing

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@cfphotographer.com. We will respond within 30 days. If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission Ireland at dataprotection.ie.

7. Third Party Services

Our website is hosted by Netlify (netlify.com). Netlify may process technical data such as IP addresses as part of standard hosting infrastructure. Please refer to Netlify's Privacy Policy for details.

Our website uses Google Fonts, which loads fonts from Google's servers. Google may log the request. For more information, see Google's Privacy Policy.

We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or any third-party advertising or tracking tools.

8. Cookies

Our website does not use marketing or tracking cookies. Netlify may set minimal technical cookies as part of website infrastructure. These are functional and do not track you across the web.

9. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. All data submitted through our contact form is transmitted over a secure HTTPS connection.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please get in touch: