Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 12/3/2025
This Privacy Policy explains how By Bonnie Photography collects, uses, shares, and protects your information when you visit www.bybonniephotography.com or use our portrait photography services.
This website is owned and operated by By Bonnie Photography (“Company,” “I”, “we,” or “us”).
By using our website or services, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
1.1 Information You Provide Directly.
We may collect personal information you provide when booking a portrait session, contacting us, or completing a form on our website, including:
Name, email address, phone number, session details (date, location, styling preferences, number of people, minors involved), communication preferences, and signed agreements (portrait contract, model release).
1.2 Automatically Collected Information
When you browse our website, we may collect:
IP address, browser type and device information, pages viewed, and time spent on the website, referring website, cookies, analytics data, and tracking technologies.
Beyond this and Wix built-in tools, we do not knowingly use any third-party tools on this website that are intended to collect your personal data. When you contact us directly, we receive your name, email address and any other information that you voluntarily provide. Any information received through email or contact forms will be treated as confidential unless disclosure is necessary by law or to protect harm.
1.3 Photos and Media
As part of our portrait photography services—such as headshots, personal branding sessions, senior portraits, family sessions, lifestyle portraits, newborn sessions, weddings and more—we collect and store photographs and related files.
Use of these images is governed by photography contracts and model releases.
2. How We Use Your Information.
We use your information for:
Responding to inquiries, scheduling and managing portrait photography sessions, delivering photos, galleries, and products, processing payments and invoices, maintaining business and tax records, providing customer support, sending updates or marketing communications (only with your consent), improving our website and services, and protecting our business from fraud or misuse.
3. Legal Basis U.S. Compliance
Although U.S. privacy laws generally do not require a formal legal basis, we voluntarily follow best practices. Your data is processed for:
Contract performance – delivering photography services.
Legitimate business interests – customer communication, analytics, fraud prevention.
Legal obligation – tax and financial recordkeeping.
Consent– marketing emails, model releases, and optional data sharing.
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with trusted third parties solely to operate our business, including:
Secure payment processors, gallery hosting or digital delivery platforms, professional printing labs, email service providers, website hosting and analytics tools, delivery/courier/mail services, and legal authorities when required. All partners are required to handle data securely.
5. Photos of Minors
Portrait sessions may involve children.
We only collect and use images of minors with parent or guardian consent, and we do not use images of minors in marketing without a signed model release.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies.
We use cookies for:
Website functionality, analytics and performance, remembering user preferences, and improving user experience. You can disable cookies in your browser settings. Some features may not work if cookies are disabled.
7. Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as necessary for:
Providing services, maintaining business records, and legal, tax, or contractual obligations.
Photographs may be archived for future reorders unless you request otherwise.
8. Data Security.
We use commercially reasonable measures to protect your information, including:
Password-protected devices, encrypted file storage, secure payment gateways, limited access to customer data, and industry-standard website protections. However, no system is 100% secure.
9. Your Privacy Rights (U.S. State Laws)
Depending on your state of residence, you may have rights under laws such as CCPA/CPRA (California), VCDPA (Virginia), CPA (Colorado), CTDPA (Connecticut), and UCPA (Utah).
These rights may include:
Right to know what personal information we collect. The right to access personal information. Right to correct inaccurate information. Right to delete personal information. Right to opt out of certain data uses (sale, sharing, targeted advertising). Right to data portability. Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights. To make a privacy request, contact us at bybonniephotography@gmail.com.
We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
10. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information (CCPA/CPRA Notice)
We do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
If this ever changes, we will update this policy and provide legally required opt-out links.
11. Third-Party Links
This website may link to third-party sites (online galleries, contracts, booking tools).
We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
12. Children’s Privacy (COPPA Compliance)
Our website is not directed to children under 13.
We only collect information about minors as part of portrait sessions with verified parental consent.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted with an updated “Last Updated” date.
14. Contact Information
For questions or privacy requests, contact:
By Bonnie Photography
912-483-4528
PO Box 1386 Metter GA 30439