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Privacy Policy
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1. Who we are
TME Sports Photography ("we", "us", "our") is a sports photography business based in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. We provide professional match day photography services to football clubs, coaches, and players across Buckinghamshire and surrounding areas.
For any privacy-related queries, please contact us at: [email protected]
2. What data we collect
We collect personal data in the following circumstances:
- Booking enquiries — when you submit our contact form, we collect your name, email address, club or organisation name, match date, and venue.
- Email correspondence — any information you include when contacting us directly by email.
- Photography — images captured at events we are commissioned to photograph. These are shared only with the commissioning club or organisation.
We do not use cookies for tracking or advertising, and we do not collect data through analytics tools unless explicitly stated.
3. How we use your data
We use the personal data you provide solely to:
- Respond to your booking enquiry and arrange photography services.
- Deliver your commissioned photographs via a private download link.
- Communicate with you about your booking or any follow-up questions.
We will not use your data for marketing purposes without your explicit consent, and we will never sell your data to third parties.
4. Legal basis for processing (UK GDPR)
We process your personal data on the following legal bases:
- Contract — processing is necessary to fulfil a booking or service agreement with you.
- Legitimate interests — responding to enquiries and managing our business operations.
- Consent — where you have given explicit consent, such as for the use of photographs on our portfolio or social media.
5. How long we keep your data
We retain booking enquiry data for up to 12 months after the date of enquiry, or for as long as necessary to fulfil the service and resolve any disputes. Commissioned photographs are retained for up to 6 months after delivery, after which they are securely deleted unless you have agreed to a longer retention period.
6. Sharing your data
We do not share your personal data with third parties except where strictly necessary to deliver our services (for example, using a secure file-sharing platform to deliver your photographs). Any third-party services we use are required to handle your data in accordance with UK GDPR.
7. Your rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- Erasure — request that we delete your personal data.
- Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data.
- Portability — receive your data in a portable format.
- Object — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
To exercise any of these rights, please email us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.
8. Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated "last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
