Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Lloyd Brown Photography (“we”, “our”, or “us”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy informs you about how we collect, use, look after, and protect your personal information when you visit our website (Lloyd Brown Photography) and tells you about your privacy rights under United Kingdom law.

2. Important Information and Who We Are

  • Data Controller: Lloyd Brown Photography is the data controller responsible for your personal data.

  • Contact Details:

    • Business Name: Lloyd Brown Photography

    • Location: United Kingdom

  • Supervisory Authority: You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.

3. The Data We Collect About You

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity & Contact Data: Name, email address, postal address, and phone number (e.g., when you fill out a contact form or purchase a print).

  • Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and details of products or services you have purchased from us. (Note: Financial or credit card data is not stored directly on our servers; payments are processed securely via third-party providers such as Stripe, PayPal, or Etsy).

  • Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and platform used to access the website.

  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and services.

4. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:

  • Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact, and Transaction Data by filling in forms, contacting us directly, or placing an order for prints or services.

  • Automated Technologies: As you interact with Lloyd Brown Photography, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns using cookies and server logs.

5. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  1. Performance of a Contract: Where we need to fulfill an order for photography prints or services you have requested.

  2. Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (e.g., responding to general inquiries, maintaining website performance and security).

  3. Legal Obligations: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

6. Disclosures of Your Personal Data

We do not sell your personal data. We may share your personal data with trusted third parties solely to operate our website and fulfill our services:

  • Service Providers: IT, website hosting, and system administration services.

  • Fulfillment & Print Partners: Professional fine art print labs or courier services solely for the purpose of printing and delivering orders to your address.

  • Payment Processors: Secure third-party payment gateways to process orders.

  • Professional Advisers: Accountants, auditors, or legal advisers where necessary.

7. International Transfers

If we transfer your personal data outside the UK (for example, if our website host or email service uses servers located in the EU or US), we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring relevant safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions) are in place.

8. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. Access to your personal data is restricted strictly to those who have a genuine business need to know.

9. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements (for instance, UK tax law requires keeping customer transaction records for six years).

10. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have rights in relation to your personal data:

  • Request access to your personal data (a "data subject access request").

  • Request correction of the personal data we hold about you.

  • Request erasure of your personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.

  • Object to processing of your personal data where we rely on a legitimate interest.

  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.

  • Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party.

  • Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data.

11. Third-Party Links & Cookies

  • Links: Lloyd Brown Photography may include links to third-party websites or plugins. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

  • Cookies: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review. Any updates will be posted directly on this page on Lloyd Brown Photography.