PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: October 16, 2026
Last Updated: October 16, 2026
Yvette Freeman Studios (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, inquire about our photography services, book a portrait session, make a purchase, or communicate with us.
By using our website or services, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal Information: Your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and other contact information you voluntarily provide.
- Photography Session Information: Your session preferences, scheduling details, wardrobe selections, photography goals, and other information you provide to help us prepare for your session.
- Payment Information: Information necessary to process payments for photography sessions, prints, albums, wall art, and digital images. Payments may be handled by third-party payment processors.
- Website Usage Information: Information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and website interactions, which may be collected through cookies or similar technologies.
- Communications: Information you provide through website forms, email, telephone calls, text messages, or other communications.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information to:
- Respond to inquiries and provide customer service.
- Schedule, manage, and confirm photography sessions.
- Send appointment reminders, preparation instructions, and order updates.
- Process payments and fulfill product orders.
- Edit, retouch, and deliver photographs and digital images.
- Design and produce albums, prints, and wall art.
- Send text messages and other communications when permitted and appropriately authorized.
- Improve our website, services, and client experience.
- Maintain business records and comply with legal obligations.
- Send promotional communications where permitted by law and, when required, with your consent.
3. Photography and Use of Images
Photographs are an essential part of our business. We use images to fulfill your photography order, provide editing and retouching services, design products, and maintain appropriate business records.
We will obtain appropriate permission before using identifiable client portraits in our portfolio, website, social media, advertising, or other promotional materials when required by applicable law or our client agreement.
You may contact us with questions about the use of your photographs.
4. Text Messaging and Mobile Information
If you opt in to receive text messages from Yvette Freeman Studios, we may send messages related to your photography services, including appointment confirmations, reminders, session preparation, order updates, customer service responses, and promotional messages where you have provided the appropriate consent.
Mobile information sharing restrictions:
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.
We may share information with subcontractors and service providers who support our business operations, such as customer service, appointment management, and text message delivery. Such sharing is limited to what is necessary to provide the relevant services.
All other categories of information sharing exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent. This information will not be shared with any third parties.
We do not sell mobile information or text messaging consent data.
You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP. For assistance, reply HELP or contact us using the information at the end of this policy.
Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.
5. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may disclose information to:
- Service Providers: Website hosts, payment processors, scheduling platforms, customer relationship management systems, email providers, printing laboratories, and delivery services.
- Business Contractors: Service providers who assist with fulfilling orders and operating our business.
- Legal Authorities: When disclosure is required by law, regulation, court order, or valid legal process.
- Other Parties: When reasonably necessary to protect our legal rights, property, safety, or the safety of others.
All disclosures remain subject to the mobile information restrictions described in Section 4.
6. Cookies and Website Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, understand visitor activity, and support website features.
You may adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
Third-party analytics or advertising services, if used, may collect information under their own privacy policies.
7. Data Security and Retention
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain business records, fulfill contractual obligations, resolve disputes, and comply with applicable law.
8. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information.
You may also withdraw consent to communications, unsubscribe from marketing emails, or opt out of text messages by replying STOP.
Some information may need to be retained for legal, accounting, contractual, or legitimate business purposes.
To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the information below.
9. Third-Party Websites
Our website may link to third-party websites or use third-party services for payments, scheduling, communications, or other business functions.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites and encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing information.
10. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended to collect personal information directly from children without appropriate authorization. Photography sessions involving minors may be booked by a parent or legal guardian, who is responsible for providing appropriate consent and information.
We do not knowingly collect children's personal information online in violation of applicable law.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in our business practices, technology, or legal obligations. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective or last-updated date.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how Yvette Freeman Studios handles your personal information, please contact us:
Yvette Freeman Studios
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Website: YvetteFreemanStudios.com
Email: [email protected]