# Privacy Policy

**Last Updated: September 2, 2026**

Tricia Erickson Photography (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Photographer”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using our website, contacting us, or booking photography and videography services.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and your rights regarding your personal information.

## 1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

* Your name
* Email address
* Phone number
* Mailing or billing address, when required
* Wedding or event details
* Event date, location, and other relevant booking information
* Information provided through contact or inquiry forms
* Information provided during consultations or correspondence
* Payment and transaction information, where applicable
* Any other information you choose to provide to us

We may also collect limited technical information when you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and general website usage information.

## 2. Photographs and Images

As a photography and videography business, we collect and create photographs and video footage as part of our services.

Images from your session or event may be stored for the purposes of:

* Providing your contracted services
* Editing and delivering your images
* Maintaining backups and business records
* Resolving questions or concerns regarding your gallery
* Portfolio and promotional purposes, where permitted by your contract or with your consent

We will not use your photographs for promotional, advertising, portfolio, social media, or other public-facing purposes where you have specifically opted out or where your contract requires your consent.

## 3. How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information to:

* Respond to inquiries and requests
* Communicate with you about your session, wedding, event, or other services
* Prepare contracts and invoices
* Process payments
* Schedule and provide photography or videography services
* Deliver galleries and other products or services
* Provide customer support
* Maintain business and financial records
* Improve our website and services
* Send business-related communications that you have requested or agreed to receive
* Meet legal, accounting, tax, or regulatory obligations
* Protect our business, clients, and legal rights

We will only collect and use information for reasonable and legitimate business purposes.

## 4. Website Forms and Communications

If you contact us through our website, email, social media, or another communication method, we may retain the information you provide so that we can respond to your inquiry and maintain appropriate business records.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through website contact forms unless it is specifically requested and necessary.

## 5. Cookies and Website Analytics

Our website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, or similar technologies to understand how visitors use our website and to improve website functionality and performance.

These technologies may collect information such as:

* Pages visited
* Approximate location
* Browser and device information
* How visitors arrived at our website
* Time spent on pages
* General website activity

Third-party services used by our website may have their own privacy policies governing the information they collect.

You may be able to disable or restrict cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website features.

## 6. Third-Party Service Providers

We may use trusted third-party service providers to operate our business and website. These may include services used for:

* Website hosting
* Online galleries
* Contracts and client management
* Payment processing
* Email and communication
* Cloud storage and backups
* Website analytics
* Scheduling
* Accounting and bookkeeping

These providers may have access to personal information only as reasonably necessary to provide their services to us. We take reasonable steps to work with reputable service providers and expect them to protect personal information appropriately.

## 7. Payment Information

When you make a payment, your payment information may be processed through a third-party payment processor.

We do not intentionally store complete credit card numbers or banking credentials on our own website or systems unless specifically required for a legitimate business purpose and handled in accordance with applicable security requirements.

Payment processors may collect and process your information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

## 8. Sharing Personal Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to:

* Provide the services you have requested
* Work with service providers assisting our business
* Process payments
* Maintain accounting and tax records
* Comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or legal requirements
* Protect our rights, property, clients, or business
* Prevent fraud, misuse, or other unlawful activity

We will otherwise seek to limit disclosure of your personal information to what is reasonably necessary for the stated purpose.

## 9. Storage and Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your photographs and client information may be stored using third-party cloud storage, gallery, backup, or business-management services. Information may be stored or processed in Canada or other countries depending on the services we use.

## 10. Retention of Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing services, maintaining business records, resolving disputes, and meeting legal, accounting, and tax obligations.

Photographs and galleries may be retained for a period of time after your session or event for backup, archival, or business purposes. The length of time photographs are retained may vary depending on the service provided and our contractual obligations.

## 11. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed toward children.

Where photography services involve children, personal information and photographs may be collected from or about children as part of a client's photography session or event. Such information is handled in accordance with the client's agreement with the Photographer and applicable privacy requirements.

## 12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable privacy legislation, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

* Request access to personal information we hold about you
* Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
* Ask questions about how your information is collected, used, or disclosed
* Withdraw consent where consent is the legal basis for processing, subject to applicable limitations
* Request deletion of information where legally permitted

Some information may need to be retained because of legal, accounting, contractual, or other legitimate obligations.

To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information below.

## 13. Marketing and Promotional Communications

We may occasionally communicate with clients about our services, promotions, availability, or other business-related information.

Where required by applicable law, we will obtain appropriate consent before sending commercial electronic messages.

You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the communication or by contacting us directly.

## 14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, website, services, technology, or applicable legal requirements.

The updated Privacy Policy will be posted on this page with the revised “Last Updated” date.

## 15. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact:

**Tricia Erickson Photography**
**Email:** trishericksonphotography@gmail.com
**Phone:** 604-644-0855
**Location:** British Columbia, Canada

We will make reasonable efforts to respond to privacy inquiries within a reasonable period of time.

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