At Bull City Boudoir, we consider it paramount to earn and keep your trust. Trust is the foundation of everything we do and never more so than when it comes to your privacy. This page explains, plainly, what information we collect, how we protect it, and the choices you have over it. If you ever have questions about your data or your images, reach out. We’re glad to help.
All of our services are for adults over the age of 18. Bull City Boudoir does not knowingly collect data from minors.
What do we do with the media from your creative session?
We stress this from beginning to end, but your media remain completely private unless you give us permission to post or use them in any way.
As per U.S. law, the photographer owns the copyright to the media, but we promise to keep your session private. Your content will be delivered via a reputable, secure platform accessible only to you.
We are running a business, and as professionals, we must treat you and your images with respect. Your privacy and consent are paramount to us. They’re the most important things. We won’t tag you on social media platforms or identify you without first securing your permission.
All clients sign a contract upon booking that lays out your rights and protections. You will also receive an easy-to-understand image-sharing permission form with their proofs; there is never an obligation to share.
What personal data does our website collect and why do we collect it?
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF, GPS, etc) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Booking and Contact forms
When you reach out via our contact or booking forms, we collect the information you provide, including any scheduling details, and store it in our secure client management system to help us respond to and manage your inquiry.
Payment Processing
Payments are handled through a secure third-party payment processor. Your financial information is never stored on our own systems.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to enter your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long do we retain your data?
Bull City Boudoir is required by federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2257) to retain certain identification and age-verification records for all clients and session participants. These records are kept securely and offline, separate from your images, and are retained indefinitely as required by law.
Session images are retained for a minimum of one year. Details including instructions for requesting removal are provided in your client contract at booking.
We retain client contact information for as long as is reasonably necessary to stay in touch regarding your session, deliverables, or future services.
For website visitors who are not clients (for example, those who’ve submitted a contact or booking inquiry), we retain your contact information until you request its removal.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights do you have over your data?
If you’re a client, instructions for requesting removal of your images are included in your signed client contract; please refer to that document or contact us directly.
If you’re a website visitor who has submitted a contact form, booking inquiry, or similar, you may request a copy of the data we hold about you, or request that it be deleted, at any time by contacting us. This does not apply to records we’re required to retain by law, such as the identification and age-verification records described above.
Where do we send your website data?
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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