Privacy Policy

2. What Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data only when you choose to contact us via the enquiry form on this website. The data collected is:

• Your name
• Your email address
• Your message
• Any other information you choose to include in your message

We do not collect any other personal data. We do not use cookies, tracking pixels, or analytics tools that identify individual visitors.

3. Why We Collect It & Legal Basis

We collect your contact details solely to respond to your enquiry. This may include:

• Responding to questions about photography, prints, workshops or licensing
• Providing information about commissioned work or talks
• Following up on workshop or event bookings

The legal basis for processing this data under UK GDPR is Article 6(1)(b), performance of a contract or steps taken at your request prior to entering a contract, and where that does not apply, Article 6(1)(f), legitimate interests (namely, responding to a communication you initiated).

4. How Your Data Is Processed

When you submit the contact form, your message is delivered directly to Brian's email inbox. Your data is not stored in any database, CRM, or third-party platform. It exists only in email correspondence between you and Brian.

Email is hosted by Catalyst2 (a UK-based web and email hosting provider). Your message travels securely over encrypted connections (TLS) between your browser and the server.

5. How Long We Keep It

Email correspondence is retained for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was sent, typically until the matter is concluded. Emails relating to a booking or commission may be kept for up to 6 years for accounting and contractual record-keeping purposes, in line with UK legal requirements.

You may request deletion of your correspondence at any time (see Section 7).

6. Who We Share It With

We do not sell, rent or share your personal data with any third party for marketing or commercial purposes.

Your data may only be disclosed in the following limited circumstances:

• Where required by law or a court order
• To our email hosting provider (Catalyst2) as part of normal email delivery, they act as a data processor under a contract that protects your data

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access, you can ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to rectification, you can ask us to correct inaccurate data
• Right to erasure, you can ask us to delete your data where there is no overriding legal reason to retain it
• Right to restriction, you can ask us to limit how we use your data
• Right to object, you can object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Right to data portability, you can ask for your data in a commonly used electronic format

To exercise any of these rights, please email info@bwmphoto.com. We will respond within 30 days.

If you are located in the European Union, the same rights apply under EU GDPR. You may also contact your national supervisory authority.

8. Cookies

This website does not use cookies. No tracking, advertising, analytics or preference cookies are set. No consent banner is required.

9. Links to Other Websites

This website contains links to third-party sites including Instagram. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. When you click an external link, the privacy policy of that site applies.

10. International Visitors

This website is operated from the United Kingdom. If you are accessing it from outside the UK, including from the European Union, United States, Canada, or Australia, please be aware that any information you submit will be processed in the UK.

For EU visitors: UK GDPR provides equivalent protections to EU GDPR following the UK's adequacy decision. Your data is treated with the same standards as required under EU law.

For visitors from other jurisdictions: we apply UK GDPR standards as a baseline, which represent a high level of data protection consistent with internationally recognised principles.

11. Complaints

If you believe your data has been handled incorrectly, please contact us first at info@bwmphoto.com so we can try to resolve the matter.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection:

• Website: ico.org.uk
• Helpline: 0303 123 1113

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.