Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Beautiful Images By April ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you:

• Identity Data: First name, last name, username or similar identifier
• Contact Data: Email address, telephone number, billing address
• Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and services
• Marketing Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences

3. How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To provide and maintain our photography services
• To manage your booking and session requests
• To send you service-related communications
• To improve our website and services
• To send you marketing communications (with your consent)
• To comply with legal obligations

4. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know.

5. How Long We Keep Your Data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When determining the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, and whether we can achieve our purposes through other means.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent at any time

7. Cookies

Our website may use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies.

8. Third-Party Links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

9. Photography and Image Rights

As a photography business, we take images of our clients. We will:

• Always obtain written consent before using client photos for marketing or portfolio purposes
• Respect your wishes if you prefer your images not to be shared publicly
• Provide you with copies of your images as agreed in our service contract
• Retain backup copies of your images for a specified period as detailed in our contract
• Delete images upon request after the contract retention period

10. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we photograph minors, we require written consent from a parent or legal guardian.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us: