Anthony West Photography

PRivacy policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Introduction


We at the Anthony West Photography know it is a big responsibility to protect your personal data. This Privacy Notice is meant to help you understand what we do with your information.

We may from time to time update this Privacy Notice, where we deem it appropriate, we will seek to notify you about the changes, however, we recommend you review this page periodically.


This Privacy Notice was last updated on: 17th September 2025.



About us


Anthony West Photography is a subsidiary of AW Creative Media Ltd (company registration 15874020).

The registered address for both is:


4 Cricklade Court, Second Floor,

Cricklade Street, Old Town,

Swindon

Wiltshire,

SN1 3EY


Our Group Data Protection Officer is Anthony West. To contact us regarding our use of personal data, you may email us at info@aswphotography.com



HOW we MAY COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA


We process personal data to fulfil our contractual obligations to our customers and to otherwise improve and market our solutions.


There are various ways in which we may process your personal data. For example, because:


  • an organisation you work for has used our services;
  • an organisation you have engaged with used our services to provide or otherwise make available a service to you;
  • you have used one of our solutions where we process your data in our capacity as data controller;
  • you have contacted us;
  • you work for us;
  • you visited our website;
  • your personal data was provided to us by a third party;
  • as a result of other lead generating activities done by us;
  • where you sign up or are otherwise registered to one of our platforms;
  • you are a signatory to a contract with us;
  • you attended one of our events;
  • through the deployment of cookies (or similar technologies);
  • you have provided feedback to us.
  • you made a payment to us.
  • you completed a review of our services.



On what legal basis we have your information


We will only ever process your personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so, and so we can fulfill any arranged, or potential services or contracts.



WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING COLLECTED


The following information may be collected may include (but not restricted to):


  • your personal details (such as your name, email, phone number and address) so that we can communicate with you and provide you with photographic services;
  • details of the communications we have had with you;
  • details of the services provided to you (for example, the date and location of a photoshoot);
  • details of family members being photographed (for example, the names and ages of any children you wish to be photographed);
  • the photos taken of you;
  • your payment information (for example, credit card and debit card details);
  • and any other personal data that you choose to give us.



HOW I USE THE PERSONAL DATA I HOLD ABOUT YOU


I may use your personal data in the course of my business, for example, (but not restricted to) in order to:


  • respond to your enquiry and provide you with information about my services;
  • provide you with any requested services;
  • contact you about a previous order;
  • send you a gift card, fine art prints or photographic albums;
  • seek your feedback on my services;
  • comply with my accounting and legal obligations;
  • ensure the efficacy of my services;
  • improve my services;
  • and market my business to other potential clients (for example, by including photos in my online portfolios).



DATA RETENTION


We may retain your personal data in order to operate our business, for example, in order to keep a record about your enquiry or the services provided to you and comply with our legal and accounting obligations. The length of time we retain it is determined by a number of factors including the purpose for which we use that information and our obligations under other laws.



DATA SHARING


We will never give your data to third parties for that third party to use, unless required to provide you with the services you have requested, and in the ordinary course of our business. For example (but not restricted to), we may use third party services to:


  • process your payments;
  • provide you with a way in which to view your digital images via a private password-protected online gallery;
  • send you your digital images once purchased;
  • print your fine art prints and albums;
  • design your photographic albums;
  • store your photographs and communications with me;
  • provide me with an online calendar of my client bookings and appointments;
  • back up your photographs securely;
  • host my website aswphotography.com; and
  • comply with my tax, accounting and legal obligations (for example, by providing data to my accountant).
  • we will always make sure that the third party providers are reputable and secure, that your data is only used for specified purposes, and that your data is kept safe.


we will never sell your data to third parties.


Some of the third party providers used for the above purposes may be based outside the European Economic Area. Where information is transferred outside of the EEA, we will use our best endeavours to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information to the same or an equivalent level as would be found in UK and EU data protection legislation.



DATA SECURITY


We maintain strict security measures in order to protect personal data, for example by using encryption and password protection measures.



RIGHTS OF ACCESS, CORRECTION, ERASURE AND RESTRICTION


You have the right to access your personal data and may request that we rectify or erase personal data or restrict the processing of your personal data or object to the processing (unless we can demonstrate legitimate grounds for the process which overrides your interest and rights or due to legal claims). In order to exercise your rights, please contact us at info@aswphotography.com.


You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues, at any time. The ICO’s contact details are as follows:


Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF



COOKIE POLICY


We use cookies (small data files saved to your computer) to help my site work better for you and to help me understand how you use it. Cookies are set for a number of reasons – for example, to help you make online bookings or to help me analyse my site so I can make improvements.


When someone visits aswphotography.com we collect standard internet log information and user behaviour details to help determine the number of people visiting various parts of the site. This data does not personally identify any site users.


Cookies are also set when you use any of the social media sharing buttons on my site (for example, to post on Facebook or Instagram); We have no control over the cookie policies of third-party social media sites.


Your web browser allows you to control which cookies your computer will and won’t accept – use the Help menu in your browser window to find out more.


If you continue to use aswphotography.com, we will assume you’re happy with the cookies that we set. If you do not agree to our use of cookies but you still want to visit our website, you can click this option on the pop-up that will appear on your first visit, or turn off the cookies in your browser settings.



CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE


Any changes we may make to our privacy notice in the future will be provided to you by updating my website.



CONTACT us


If you have any questions regarding this notice or if you would like to speak to us about the manner in which we process your personal data, please use the contact form here, or email info@aswphotography.com or telephone (+351) 962 795 525.