Privacy Policy

The Policy:

This Privacy Policy is for this website: www.darrenhobson.com operated by Darren Hobson Photography of Louth, Lincolnshire and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. It explains how we comply with the General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).

This policy explains areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details; how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR are adhered to. Additionally, it will explain the use of cookies or software, advertising or commercial sponsorship from third parties and the download of any documents, files or software made available to you (if any) on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website in order to help you understand how we, this website and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer/device. Contact details are available on request should you have any further questions.

General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA)

This website complies with the General Data Protection Act 2018 (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). This policy will be updated accordingly after the completion of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to improve the user’s experience while visiting the site.

What are cookies? Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computer/device’s hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.

Website Visitor Tracking

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. The software will save a cookie to your computer/device’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information.

Downloads and Media Files

Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available, users are advised to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software or similar applications.

We accept no responsibility for third party downloads and downloads provided by external third party websites and advise users to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software or similar applications.

Contact and Communication With us

Users contacting us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time that it is no longer required or has no use.

Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission; we will use your details to to contact you with regard to your enquiry, booking and follow-up as required.

Email and Marketing Messages

Your contact details will not be used for marketing purposes and will only be used for the purpose of contacting you regarding your enquiry, booking and follow-up.

External Website Links and Third Parties

Although we only look to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.

We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Policy and Usage

While we have official profiles on social media platforms, users are advised to verify authenticity of such profiles before engaging with, or sharing information with, such profiles. We will never ask for user passwords on social media platforms. Personal details may be required in order to conduct business and for us to communicate effectively with you regarding your enquiry, booking and follow-up. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.

There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page.

Updated: February 2024.