PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: October 1, 2026
At KC Photography, LLC, your privacy matters. This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit our website, submit an inquiry, schedule a session, purchase photography services or products, access an online gallery, or otherwise communicate with us.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Depending on how you interact, we may collect information such as:
Your name
Email address
Phone number
Mailing or billing address
Session or event information
Information you provide through an inquiry or questionnaire
Information provided when scheduling or booking a session
Payment and transaction information
Information contained in communications between you and KC Photography, LLC
Photographs and other images created as part of your photography session
Information you voluntarily provide through forms, emails, or other communications
We may also automatically receive certain technical information when you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring website, pages visited, and general information about how you interact with our website.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may use the information we collect to:
Respond to inquiries and requests
Communicate with you about your session, event, order, or inquiry
Schedule and manage photography sessions
Provide photography services and products
Create and deliver online galleries
Process payments and orders
Send invoices, contracts, questionnaires, and other client communications
Provide customer service
Improve our website, services, and client experience
Maintain business and transaction records
Send promotional or marketing communications when permitted by law or when you have requested or agreed to receive them
Protect our business, website, clients, and users from fraud, unauthorized activity, or security threats
Comply with legal obligations
3. PHOTOGRAPHS AND CLIENT IMAGES
Photographs created are part of the photography services we provide.
Your photographs may be stored electronically and may be processed through third-party photography and gallery platforms in order to provide services to you.
We will not publicly display or use your photographs for portfolio, website, social media, advertising, publication, or other promotional purposes solely because you have received this Privacy Policy.
Any permission regarding the public use of your photographs is handled separately through your client agreement, model release, or other applicable authorization.
For boudoir sessions and other sensitive photography, we take additional care in handling and delivering client galleries. Clients may request private gallery settings where available through our gallery platform.
4. THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS
We use trusted third-party services to operate our business and provide services to our clients. Depending on how you interact with us, these providers may receive or process information necessary to perform their services.
These services may include:
Showit — Our website is hosted and operated using Showit. Information submitted through our website may be processed through the website and its connected services.
Dubsado — We use Dubsado for client relationship management, inquiries, forms, contracts, scheduling, invoices, and other business communications.
Stripe — We may use Stripe to process credit card and other electronic payments. Payment information may be processed directly by Stripe rather than being stored by KC Photography. Stripe maintains its own privacy practices governing information processed through its services.
PayPal — We may offer PayPal as a payment option. When you choose PayPal, your information is processed according to PayPal's privacy practices.
Pic-Time — We use Pic-Time to host and deliver client photography galleries and, where applicable, facilitate photography products and related services. Information and photographs provided through a client gallery may be processed by Pic-Time in order to provide these services.
Canva — We may use Canva to create business and client-facing materials. Information is only provided to Canva when necessary for the materials or services being created. Canva maintains its own privacy practices governing information processed through its platform.
Meta (Facebook/Instagram), Pinterest, and Tiktok – advertising and analytics.
These third-party providers have their own privacy policies and terms of service. KC Photography, LLC is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services outside our control.
5. PAYMENT INFORMATION
When you make a payment, your payment may be processed through Stripe or PayPal.
We do not intentionally collect or store your full credit card number, security code, or other complete payment credentials on our own systems. Payment information is handled by the applicable payment processor according to its own security and privacy practices.
6. COOKIES AND WEBSITE TECHNOLOGIES
Our website and third-party services may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, or similar technologies to help the website function, understand how visitors use the website, improve performance, and provide relevant website features.
These technologies may collect information such as your device type, browser, pages visited, approximate location, referring website, and interactions with the website.
You can generally control or disable cookies through your web browser settings. Some website functionality may not work properly if certain cookies or technologies are disabled.
7. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with third-party service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our business and provide services to you, including our website provider, client management system, payment processors, gallery provider, and other business service providers.
We may also disclose information when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
Comply with applicable law, legal process, or a lawful request
Protect the rights, property, or safety of KC Photography, LLC, our clients, or others
Prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity
Enforce our agreements or protect our business interests
Complete a business transaction such as a merger, sale, or transfer of business assets
8. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. HOW LONG WE KEEP INFORMATION
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain business and financial records, communicate with clients, comply with legal and tax obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
The length of time information is retained may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
10. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
If you choose to receive marketing communications from KC Photography, LLC, you may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in the communication or by contacting us.
Even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still contact you when necessary regarding an existing inquiry, booking, transaction, contract, payment, gallery, or other service-related matter.
11. THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of those third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website you visit through an external link.
12. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding personal information we maintain about you, including the ability to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain information.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact KC Photography using the contact information provided on our website.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
13. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Our website and services are not directed toward children under the age of 18. KC Photography does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 through this website.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through our website, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.
14. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business practices, technology, services, or applicable requirements.
When changes are made, the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy will be updated.
We encourage you to review this page periodically for the most current information about our privacy practices.
CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:
KC Photography
Email: kacey@kaceyphotography.com
Website: www.kaceyphotography.com
