I really care about your privacy. Here are my policies in simplified, real-world talk.

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Images:

When you book a session with me, both of us will sign a pretty involved contract. Why so long? Because it's educational and explanatory and I value educating clients. I have a whole section devoted to our use of your images and every clause within that section is opt-in. That means, you have to say yes to allow me to display your images on my site, or social media, or to submit a session for publication, or to use in trade use or for other business purposes. Why do I do this? Because I understand that there are safety concerns for some people and no family should miss out on excellent photography because the photographer refuses to work without a signed model release for all uses (or charges a privacy fee). I think privacy fees are un-ethical, plain and simple. Also, model releases cover a variety of uses, so why be all-or-nothing about it?

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Information:

The information I collect from you is always kept to a minimum. Name and email is critical, and an address to send products and holiday cards. I keep all information secure through our client site, our secure website and our client management service, 17Hats. 

Payments made to me are kept on Stripe. Only I have administrative access to these platforms and devices from which I could access the information are encrypted and protected from intruders in various ways. In order to provide you with excellent service, your basic information like name and email may be spread between various service providers, but I keep that to a minimum however possible.