Privacy Policy

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

We collect the following information when you submit it through the website:

• Contact form: Your name, email address, and any message you send.

• Newsletter signup: Your email address.

• Donations via Squarespace: Payment information is processed securely by Squarespace or its payment partners. We do not store or have access to full payment card details.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain data is automatically collected for analytics, performance, and security, including:

• IP address

• Device type and browser

• Pages visited and interactions

• General location (city-level or region-level)

• Referring links

• Session behaviour and heatmaps (via Microsoft Clarity)

This data is collected via:

• Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

• Google Tag Manager

• Google Ads

• Meta Pixel (Facebook/Instagram)

• Meta Ads

• Pinterest Ads

• Microsoft Ads

• Microsoft Clarity

These tools may track:

• User behaviour

• Conversions (e.g., form submissions or donations)

• Retargeting/audience building

• Ad performance

We do not receive personal identifiers such as your full name from these tools.

Your data may be used for the following purposes:

2.1 To respond to enquiries

• Answering questions

• Discussing photography work

• Responding to contact form submissions

2.2 To process donations

• Processing payments securely via Squarespace Payments (Stripe)

• Sending donation confirmations (if applicable)

2.3 To send newsletters (optional)

If you sign up, we use your email address to send occasional updates via Squarespace Email Campaigns.

2.4 To improve the website

Analytics tools help us understand:

• Which pages are visited most

• How users navigate the site

• What devices people use

2.5 For advertising and retargeting

We may use your browsing data to:

• Measure advertising performance

• Create audiences on Google, Meta, Pinterest, and Microsoft

• Show relevant ads

We never sell data to third parties.

The website uses cookies and similar technologies to:

• Enable basic site functionality

• Analyse traffic and user interactions

• Support advertising and retargeting campaigns

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings.

For full details, see the Cookie Policy.

We process personal data under the following lawful bases:

• Consent: newsletter signup, cookies, and analytics

• Legitimate interests: improving the website and marketing effectiveness

• Legal obligation: maintaining records as required by UK law

• Contract: responding to enquiries you submit

We may share your data with trusted service providers, including:

• Squarespace (website hosting)

• Squarespace Payments / Stripe (donations)

• Analytics providers (Google, Microsoft)

• Advertising platforms (Google, Meta, Pinterest, Microsoft)

• Email provider (Squarespace Email Campaigns)

These partners may process data on our behalf but are not allowed to sell, share, or use it for their own independent purposes.

Data may also be shared:

• To comply with legal requests

• For fraud prevention

• For tax and accounting requirements (donations)

We never sell personal data.

• Form submissions: kept only as long as needed to respond or as required by law

• Donation/payment data: retained for legal, accounting, and tax purposes (handled by Stripe)

• Analytics data: retained according to each platform’s default policies

• Newsletter emails: kept until unsubscribed

• Cookies: expire automatically after their set period

You may request deletion at any time unless I am legally required to keep information.

Your data is protected through:

• HTTPS encryption

• Secure data storage on Squarespace

• PCI-DSS compliant payment processing via Stripe

• Limited access (only me)

• Monitoring for suspicious activity

While no online system can be 100% secure, we take reasonable steps to protect your information.
If a data breach occurs, we will notify affected users and relevant authorities as required.

This website is not intended for children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under this age.

If we learn that a submission was made by someone under 16, we will delete the data in its entirety.

If you sign up to receive updates:

• Your email address is stored in Squarespace Email Campaigns

• You may unsubscribe at any time

• Unsubscribing immediately removes you from future mailings

We do not send frequent emails and do not share email lists with third parties.

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data

• Correct inaccurate information

• Request deletion (“right to be forgotten”)

• Withdraw consent at any time

• Object to processing

• Request a copy of your data

• Make a complaint to the ICO (ico.org.uk)

To exercise your rights, email info@takenbytrevill.co.uk.

If you visit this website from outside the UK:

• EEA visitors have GDPR rights (access, deletion, correction, restriction).

• Other regions may have local privacy laws (e.g., California, Canada, Australia).

Regardless of where you live, you may contact me to:

• Request access to your data

• Ask for corrections

• Request deletion (where applicable)

We will respond in accordance with applicable laws.

This site may link to social platforms or external websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.