Privacy Policy for Pitter Patter Studios

Introduction

At Pitter Patter Studios, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled safely and responsibly. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your data when you visit our website or use our services.

Who We Are

Pitter Patter Studios is a professional photography studio based in Kilmessan, Meath, specialising in baby and pet portraiture. For any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@pitterpatterstudios.com.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information before during and after you using our photography services:

  • Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number & contact information e.g. address.

  • Booking and Payment Details: Information necessary to process your bookings and payments.

  • Photography Session Data: Names (and in some cases ages and gender) of all participants of a photo shoot. Images and details relevant to your session. Details and notes taken throughout a photo session or service provided to help us remember conversations during and details of your session.

  • Website Usage Information: Cookies and analytics data to enhance user experience.

  • Correspondence history: If you E-Mail us or send us messages via social media, these messages are stored within our email system or social media accounts. These messages are stored for as long as practicable to allow us to provide you with better future services.

  • IP Address: 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.

 

How is the Information Collected?

  • The majority of our data is collected directly from you. Whether you fill out a form for us online, or tell us face to face, via the telephone, via e-mail or message.

  • In some cases, data may be given to us by a third party. This includes if somebody purchases a voucher for you – they will usually give us your name and details to allow us to process their order, and provide our service to you.

How We Use Your Information

Your information may be used for the following purposes:

  • To process and manage bookings and payments.
  • To communicate with you regarding your session, orders, or inquiries.
  • To improve our website and services through analytics.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

  • We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties, except as necessary to complete your booking (e.g., payment processing & image printing) or comply with legal requirements.

Data Retention

  • Most data we collect is stored indefinitely. This is too allow us to provide a better service to you as a customer in the event that you contact us again in the future.

  • We are legally obliged to store some data for a minimum amount of time, for example sale order records, payment records etc.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

  • Our website uses cookies to collect data on your interactions with the site, which helps us improve functionality and user experience.

  • You may adjust your browser settings to block cookies, but this may impact website performance.

  • 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 that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

  • If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

  • When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.

  • If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

 

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 in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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.

Your Rights

  • You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information held by us.

  • You may also object to or restrict the processing of your data in certain circumstances.

Data Security

  • We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, disclosure, or alteration.

Changes to This Policy

  • We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements.
  • Please review it regularly for updates.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at info@pitterpatterstudios.com.

Last updated: 13/03/25