Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 2026
At Elliot Neal Photographic, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit elliotneal.com or engage our photography services.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following personal data:
Contact Details: Name, email address, phone number, and mailing address when you submit an inquiry through our contact form, book a session, or sign up for updates.
Session Details: Specific details regarding your event, portrait session, venue location, or project brief.
Client Photographs: Digital images and video clips captured during booked photography sessions.
Technical & Usage Data: IP address, browser type, device information, and site interaction data collected automatically via cookies when you browse our website.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your data for the following purposes:
To Provide Photography Services: Fulfilling contracts, managing client bookings, delivering online galleries, and sending invoices.
Communication: Responding to your inquiries, confirming session details, and providing customer support.
Website Analytics & Functionality: Improving our website structure, user experience, and service offerings.
Portfolio & Marketing: Displaying selected photographs on our website, social media, or marketing materials (only where consent has been granted or as agreed in client contracts).
3. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal information under the following legal bases:
Contractual Necessity: To perform our contract with you (e.g., fulfilling photography bookings and gallery delivery).
Legitimate Interests: To run, optimize, and market our business effectively and securely.
Consent: When you explicitly opt-in to receive communications or provide consent for image use where required.
4. How We Share Your Data
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We only share information with trusted third-party service providers necessary to operate our business, including:
Website & Gallery Platforms: Host platforms (e.g., Squarespace) and online gallery delivery systems.
Payment Processors: Secure payment systems used to process invoices.
Professional Advisors: Accountants or legal services when reasonably required.
All third-party service providers are required to handle your data securely and in accordance with UK data protection laws.
5. Data Retention
We retain personal contact data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Client image archives are retained in accordance with our client service agreements.
6. Your Rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
Access the personal data we hold about you.
Request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete data.
Request the deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
Object to or restrict the processing of your data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at elliotcneal@gmail.com.
7. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact:
Elliot Neal Photographic
Email: elliotcneal@gmail.com
Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Cookie Policy
Last Updated: August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Elliot Neal Photographic uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide reporting information, and remember your preferences.
2. Cookies We Use
Our website is hosted on Squarespace. Squarespace uses several necessary cookies to ensure the website functions securely and properly.
Essential / Necessary Cookies: Required for the core operation of the website (e.g., securing site navigation, keeping track of form submissions, and enabling cookie consent banners).
Analytics & Performance Cookies: Used to collect anonymous information about how visitors interact with our website (e.g., pages visited, traffic sources). This helps us measure performance and improve user experience.
3. Managing and Disabling Cookies
When you first visit our site, you will see a cookie banner allowing you to accept or manage non-essential cookies.
You can also control or delete cookies directly through your web browser settings. Please note that disabling essential cookies may impact the performance and functionality of certain parts of the website.
4. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at elliotcneal@gmail.com.