Last Updated 10/05/2026
1. Purpose and Scope.
Welcome to Alyssa Michelle Photography LLC ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy ("Policy") outlines how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you visit our website (www.alyssamichellephotos.com) and any related subpages (the "Website").
This Policy applies when you:
Visit or browse our Website.
Submit an inquiry or contact us through our Website.
Provide information in connection with booking or receiving our photography services.
Arrive at or interact with our Website through links or content on third-party websites or platforms.
This Policy does not cover data collected offline or via third-party websites or platforms, including affiliates or service providers. Those services may have their own privacy policies governing how they collect, use, and protect information.
This Policy describes our data practices. Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before collecting or processing your personal information. By providing your information through our Website, you consent to the practices described in this Policy. For browsing data and cookies, please see Section 6 for more information about our use of cookies and similar technologies.
2. Age Requirements.
We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are under 16, please do not submit any personal information to us. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from someone under 16, we will promptly delete it.
If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us at alyssa@alyssamichellephotos.com.
3. Legal Bases for Processing.
We process your personal information only when we have a valid legal basis to do so. Depending on the circumstances, we rely on one or more of the following:
Consent. Where you have given us clear, affirmative consent to process your data for a specific purpose, such as consenting to certain non-essential cookies or analytics where consent is required. You may withdraw consent at any time.
Contractual Necessity. When processing is necessary to respond to an inquiry, arrange or provide photography services, manage a booking, or take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Legal Obligations. Processing that is necessary for us to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes.
Legitimate Interests. When processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as operating, maintaining, securing, and improving our Website and photography business, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
4. Information We Collect.
We collect various types of personal information from you, which may include:
Personal Identifiers. Your name, email address, phone number, and other contact information you provide when submitting an inquiry or communicating with us.
Photography Session and Booking Information. Information related to your requested or booked photography services, such as your preferred session type, date, location, and other details you provide for planning and providing your session.
Financial Information. Payment information necessary to process payments for our services. Payments are processed through third-party payment processors, and we do not need to receive or store your full credit card or bank account information ourselves.
Geolocation Data. Information such as your IP address and approximate geographic location that may be collected through our Website and analytics technologies.
Internet and Device Activity. Information about your interaction with our Website, such as your browser type, operating system, device information, pages visited, and other Website usage information collected through cookies, Google Analytics, or similar technologies.
Communications. Information you provide when you contact us, including the contents of inquiries, emails, and other communications.
Order and Transaction Information. Information related to purchases made through our print store, including products purchased, transaction details, and information necessary to fulfill and deliver your order, such as shipping information.
This information may be collected directly from you when you submit an inquiry, communicate with us, or book our photography services, or automatically via cookies and other tracking technologies when you browse our Website.
5. Sources of Information.
Your personal information may be collected from the following sources, including, but not limited to:
Directly from You. When you submit an inquiry, contact us, provide information related to a photography session or booking, make a payment, or otherwise communicate with us.
Third Parties:
Payment Processors. When you make a purchase, we collect data via third-party payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) to process your transactions.
Analytics Providers. Such as Google Analytics, to monitor traffic and understand how users interact with our Website.
Social Media Platforms. If you connect or log in using your social media accounts (e.g., Facebook, Google, LinkedIn), or if you interact with our content on social media, those platforms may share your data with us.
Shipping and Fulfillment Providers. When you purchase physical products through our print store, shipping carriers and fulfillment partners may process information necessary to fulfill and deliver your order, including your shipping address and order information.
Automated Data Collection. We may automatically collect certain information when you browse our Website through cookies and similar technologies, including information about your browser, device, pages visited, IP address, and Website usage. For more information about our use of cookies and similar technologies, please see Section 6.
6. Cookies, Tracking Technologies, and Affiliate Marketing.
Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies to help the Website function properly and to understand how visitors interact with our Website.
We use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies. Required for the Website to function properly (e.g., session management, security). These cookies cannot be disabled.
Performance and Analytics Cookies. Help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting usage data. These cookies are used to improve Website functionality.
We do not use Google Analytics or cookies for advertising or retargeting purposes.
You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent tool on the Website or through your browser settings.
7. How We Use Your Information.
Your personal information may be used for the following purposes:
To respond to inquiries and communicate with you. We use your information to respond to inquiries, answer questions, communicate about your photography session or booking, and provide information related to our services.
To provide and manage photography services. We use your information to schedule, plan, and provide photography services, including communicating about session details, locations, dates, and other planning information.
To process payments and transactions. We use your information to process payments for photography services and purchases made through our print store, including billing and transaction-related communications.
To fulfill print orders. When you purchase physical products through our print store, we use the information necessary to process, fulfill, and deliver your order, including shipping and delivery information.
To maintain and improve our Website and services. We use information about Website usage and analytics to understand how visitors interact with our Website, monitor Website performance, and make improvements to our Website and services.
To help protect the security of our Website and transactions. We may use information as necessary to help prevent fraudulent or unauthorized transactions and protect the security of our Website and services, including through third-party payment and security providers.
To comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights. We may use personal information as necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and other legal obligations, and to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights.
To use testimonials or feedback for marketing purposes. If you voluntarily provide a testimonial, review, or other feedback, we may use it for marketing or promotional purposes where permitted by law and with any consent required.
8. How We Share Your Information.
We are committed to being transparent about how your personal information is shared or disclosed. Your personal data may be shared with the following parties for the purposes outlined below:
Service Providers. We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist in the operation of our business, including:
Website and Hosting Providers. Services used to host, maintain, and operate our Website and blog, including Showit and WordPress-related services.
Client Management and Booking Providers. CloudSpot, which we use for inquiries, booking, client management, galleries, and related services.
Payment Processors. Third-party payment processors, such as Stripe or PayPal, that process payments for photography services and print orders.
Print and Fulfillment Providers. Third-party print labs and fulfillment providers that produce and ship physical products purchased through our print store on Cloudspot.
Analytics Providers. Google Analytics, which helps us understand how visitors use our Website and evaluate Website performance.
Security and Fraud Prevention Providers. Third-party services used as part of payment processing or other security measures to help detect or prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activity.
Legal Requirements and Protection of Rights. We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or lawful requests, or when necessary to protect our rights, property, safety, or the rights and safety of others.
Business Transactions. If Alyssa Michelle Photography LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
Aggregated or De-Identified Information. We may use or share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you for purposes such as analyzing Website usage, understanding trends, or improving our services.
Consent-Based Sharing. In any other situation where we need to share your personal information, we will do so only with your explicit consent.
Sale and Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell personal information for monetary compensation. We also do not use third-party advertising or retargeting technologies to share your information for targeted advertising.
International Data Transfers
Some of our third-party service providers may process or store personal information outside the United States. When applicable, we rely on the privacy and data protection practices of those providers and take reasonable steps to use reputable service providers and protect personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
9. Privacy Rights.
You have certain rights regarding your personal data under applicable privacy laws. The specific rights available to you depend on your jurisdiction.
Depending on where you live and the privacy laws that apply to you, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
Right to Access. Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Correction. Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Deletion. Request the deletion of your personal data (subject to legal exceptions).
Right to Data Portability. Request transfer of your data to another provider in a commonly used format.
Additional Rights for California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)
Right to Know. Request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources, the business purposes for collection, and the categories of third parties with whom we share your data.
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information. Direct us to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information to purposes necessary to provide the services you request.
Right to Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.
Right to Opt Out of Sale and Sharing. Opt out of both the sale of your personal information and the sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Additional Rights for EU/UK Residents (GDPR/UK GDPR)
Right to Restrict Processing. Request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances (e.g., while we verify the accuracy of your data).
Right to Object. Object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
Right to Withdraw Consent. Where processing is based on consent, withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing conducted before withdrawal.
Right to Lodge a Complaint. File a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at alyssa@alyssamichellephotos.com or use the contact methods listed in Section 14 (Contact Us) below. We will respond to verifiable requests within the timeframes required by applicable law.
We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. If you use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf, we may require proof of authorization.
Right to Appeal
If we decline to take action on your request, you have the right to appeal our decision where applicable. To submit an appeal, contact us at alyssa@alyssamichellephotos.com with the subject line "Privacy Rights Appeal." We will respond to appeals within the timeframe required by applicable law. If your appeal is denied, you may contact your state attorney general or applicable data protection authority, where applicable.
10. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control (GPC).
Our Website does not use personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising.
We do not currently make representations regarding how our Website responds to Do Not Track (DNT) or Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signals. If our practices or applicable law require us to recognize or respond to these signals, we will update this Policy and our Website practices accordingly.
Data Retention.
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. The following general retention guidelines apply:
Photography and booking information. We may retain inquiry, booking, contract, session, and related client information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain business records, and comply with legal or tax obligations.
Payment and transaction information. We retain information related to payments, purchases, and transactions for as long as reasonably necessary for accounting, tax, legal, and business recordkeeping purposes. Payment card information is generally processed by our third-party payment providers rather than stored by us.
Print order and shipping information. We may retain information associated with print purchases and fulfillment for as long as reasonably necessary to process orders, maintain transaction records, and comply with legal or tax obligations.
Analytics and cookie information. Retention of analytics and cookie-related information may vary depending on the technology and provider involved, including Google Analytics, and may be governed by the provider's applicable settings and retention policies.
Legal and compliance records. We retain information for as long as necessary to comply with applicable legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, or other recordkeeping requirements.
When personal information is no longer needed for these purposes, we will take reasonable steps to delete, securely dispose of, or anonymize it, unless continued retention is required or permitted by law.
You may request deletion of your personal information by contacting us. We may be unable to delete certain information when we are required or permitted by law to retain it or when another lawful basis for retention applies.
12. Data Security.
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse. We also rely on third-party service providers that maintain their own security measures when processing information on our behalf.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.
13. Changes to This Policy.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page reflects the latest version.
14. Contact Us.
If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to exercise your privacy rights, you can reach us using the following contact methods:
Email: alyssa@alyssamichellephotos.com.
Contact Form: www.alyssamichellephotos.com/inquire.
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