Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 5, 2026

Garnet O'Connor Photography ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when you visit or use our website, wedding.garnetoconnor.com.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and the choices you have regarding your information.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

• Your name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Mailing address
• Wedding date
• Wedding venue or event information
• Information about your photography needs
• Information submitted through contact, inquiry, booking, or scheduling forms
• Information provided when communicating with us by email, phone, text message, or other methods
• Payment and billing information when you purchase our services

We may also automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, such as:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device type
• Operating system
• Pages you visit
• Date and time of your visit
• Referring website
• General geographic information
• Other website usage and analytics information

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect to:

• Respond to inquiries and requests
• Communicate with you about photography services
• Provide quotes and proposals
• Schedule consultations and photography sessions
• Manage bookings and contracts
• Provide photography services
• Process payments
• Send invoices, confirmations, reminders, and other service-related communications
• Send promotional emails or other marketing communications when permitted by law
• Improve our website, services, and customer experience
• Understand how visitors use our website
• Prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity
• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements

We do not sell your personal information for money.

3. Photography and Images

As a photography business, we may create photographs and other media containing you, your wedding party, guests, family members, or other individuals.

The use of photographs for portfolio, website, social media, advertising, publication, or other promotional purposes will be governed by the terms of your photography contract and any applicable model or image release.

We will not use photographs of you for purposes that are not permitted by your agreement with us.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to improve website functionality and understand how visitors interact with our website.

These technologies may collect information such as pages viewed, links clicked, browser information, device information, and general website usage.

We may use third-party services such as website analytics, advertising, scheduling, email marketing, gallery, or payment providers that use cookies or similar technologies.

You can generally control or disable cookies through your web browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website features.

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party companies and services to help operate our business and website. These services may include providers for:

• Website hosting
• Website analytics
• Email marketing
• Online scheduling
• Client management
• Online galleries
• Contract and document management
• Payment processing
• Cloud storage
• Advertising and social media
• Customer communications

These providers may receive or process personal information as necessary to provide their services to us.

We do not authorize third-party service providers to use your information for purposes unrelated to providing their contracted services, except where their own privacy policies or applicable law permit otherwise.

6. Email and Marketing Communications

If you provide your email address, we may use it to communicate with you about your inquiry, photography services, booking, session, or other business-related matters.

Where permitted by law, we may also send promotional communications about photography services, special offers, events, or other updates.

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us directly.

Please note that you may continue to receive necessary transactional or service-related communications after unsubscribing from marketing emails.

7. How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information online is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or through our website.

8. How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain business and financial records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and otherwise operate our business.

The length of time information is retained may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

9. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain personal information
• Opt out of promotional emails
• Ask questions about how your information is collected or used

To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the information provided below.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through our website. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

11. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties, including social media platforms, vendors, venues, and other websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, website, services, technology, or legal requirements.

When we make changes, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this policy. Your continued use of our website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy to the extent permitted by law.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to make a privacy-related request, or have concerns about how your information is handled, please contact:

Garnet O'Connor Photography

Garnet O'Connor

Website: wedding.garnetoconnor.com

Location: Georgia, United States