Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Tony Reed Photography
Last updated: 7 November 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Tony Reed Photography.
I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, store and protect your information when you visit my website, make a purchase, book photography tuition, subscribe to my newsletter or contact me.
Tony Reed Photography is operated by Anthony Reed, who is responsible for the personal information described in this policy.
Website: www.tonyreedphotography.com
Email: tony@tonyreedphotography.com
2. Information I collect
Depending on how you interact with my website, I may collect:
Your name, email address and telephone number.
Billing, delivery and collection information.
Details of purchases, orders and payments.
Information about your photography experience, equipment and learning objectives when booking tuition.
Messages and enquiries submitted through my contact forms.
Newsletter subscription preferences and consent records.
Website usage information, including information collected through cookies and analytics.
Where necessary for outdoor tuition, I may also request relevant accessibility or health and safety information. Any health information will be handled with additional care and only collected where appropriate.
3. How I use your information
I use personal information to:
Process and fulfil orders for prints and other photographic products.
Arrange delivery or collection of purchases.
Manage photography tuition bookings and communicate with participants.
Respond to enquiries and provide customer support.
Send order confirmations and essential service communications.
Maintain business, financial and accounting records.
Send newsletters, promotions and updates where permitted by law and in accordance with your marketing preferences.
Maintain the security and functionality of my website.
Understand website performance and improve my services.
4. Legal basis for using your information
Under UK data protection law, I must have an appropriate legal basis for processing personal information.
These may include:
Contract: Where processing is necessary to fulfil an order, provide photography tuition or take steps requested before entering into a contract.
Legal obligation: Where information must be retained or processed to comply with tax, accounting or other legal requirements.
Legitimate interests: Where necessary to respond to enquiries, maintain website security, administer the business or improve customer services, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
Consent: Where consent is required, including certain marketing communications, optional cookies and particular uses of sensitive personal information.
Where I rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
5. Payments and online purchases
My website is hosted by Squarespace and uses Squarespace Payments to process online transactions.
When you purchase a product or service, relevant personal and transaction information is processed to complete your order and manage payment.
Payment details are handled through the payment processing system. I do not intentionally collect or store full payment card numbers myself.
Payment providers may process information under their own privacy policies.
6. Photography tuition bookings
When you book photography tuition, I collect the information necessary to organise and deliver your session.
This may include your contact details, photographic experience, learning objectives and relevant practical requirements.
Before a session, you may also be asked to complete a Health, Safety and Participation Agreement.
Information provided for safety purposes will be used only where necessary and handled appropriately.
7. Newsletters and marketing
You may choose to subscribe to updates from Tony Reed Photography, including photography news, new products, workshops and special offers.
Marketing subscriptions are optional and separate from information required to process orders or bookings.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in marketing emails or by contacting me directly.
I do not sell customer contact information to third-party advertisers.
8. Cookies and website analytics
My website uses cookies and similar technologies to support essential website functions and, where permitted, to understand how visitors use the site.
Essential cookies help the website operate, including shopping basket and checkout functionality.
Optional cookies may support analytics and other website features.
Visitors can accept, decline or manage optional cookies through the website's cookie preferences controls.
Further details of the cookies used will be provided through the website's cookie information and preferences.
9. Sharing your information
I may share relevant personal information with trusted service providers where necessary to operate my business.
These may include:
Squarespace, for website hosting, ecommerce and related services.
Payment processing providers.
Email hosting and communication providers.
Printing, fulfilment and postal delivery providers where required to complete an order.
Professional advisers or public authorities where legally necessary.
I only share information where there is an appropriate reason to do so.
Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, appropriate data protection arrangements must be in place.
10. How long I keep your information
I retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Purchase and financial records may be retained for periods required by applicable tax and accounting laws.
Enquiry and tuition information is reviewed and deleted when no longer needed, subject to any relevant legal requirements.
Newsletter information is retained while you remain subscribed or as otherwise necessary to maintain consent and suppression records.
[Specific retention periods will be confirmed before publication.]
11. Protecting your information
I take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
My website uses secure connections and trusted service providers to support the protection of customer information.
12. Your data protection rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
Request access to personal information held about you.
Request correction of inaccurate information.
Request deletion of information in certain circumstances.
Request restriction of processing.
Object to particular uses of your information.
Request transfer of information where applicable.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
You have the right to object to your personal information being used for direct marketing at any time.
To exercise your rights, please contact:
You may also raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):
13. Changes to this Privacy Policy
I may update this policy when my services, website functionality or legal obligations change.
The latest version will always be available on this website, with the date of the most recent update shown above.
14. Contact
If you have any questions about this policy or how your information is handled, please contact:
Tony Reed Photography
Email: tony@tonyreedphotography.com
Website: www.tonyreedphotography.com