Privacy Policy for Chitra Deepak Photography
Effective Date: June 28, 2025
Welcome to Chitra Deepak Photography! We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with care and transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website, engage with our services, or interact with our advertisements.
As a maternity and newborn photographer based in Bangalore, we understand the sensitive nature of the moments we capture and the personal data involved. We comply with all applicable Indian laws, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), and adhere to the privacy requirements of advertising platforms like Facebook (Meta) and Google.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our photography services:
- Personal Information You Provide Directly:
- Contact Details: Your name, email address, phone number, and WhatsApp number when you inquire about services, book a session, or subscribe to our newsletter/campaigns.
- Session Details: Information related to your photoshoot, such as baby’s due date/birth date, family members’ names (for group shots), preferences, and any specific requests.
- Payment Information: Details required for billing and payment processing (handled securely through third-party payment gateways – we do not store full credit card details on our servers).
- Direct Communications: Records of your interactions with us via email, phone, WhatsApp, or social media messages.
- Photographic Data:
- Photographs & Videos: Images and video footage captured during your maternity, newborn, and family photography sessions. These images may contain identifiable personal information.
- Information Collected Automatically (from Website & Ads):
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent, links clicked, and referral sources.
- Technical Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, and internet service provider.
- Cookies & Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, pixels (like Facebook Pixel), and similar tracking technologies to enhance your Browse experience, analyze website traffic, personalize content, and understand the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns on platforms like Facebook and Google. This helps us show relevant ads to you
- 2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
- To Provide Services:
- Responding to your inquiries and scheduling photoshoots.
- Planning and executing your maternity and newborn photography sessions.
- Processing payments and managing your bookings.
- Delivering your edited photographs and products.
- Communicating updates, proofs, and final deliverables.
- For Marketing & Advertising (with your consent where required):
- Sending you information about our services, promotions, and special offers (e.g., lead magnet, nurture emails, newsletters).
- Delivering targeted advertisements on platforms like Facebook (Meta) and Google based on your interests and interactions with our website.
- Analyzing the performance of our ad campaigns to improve their relevance.
- Showcasing Our Work: With your explicit consent, we may use your photographs on our website portfolio, social media, marketing materials, and for contest entries to demonstrate our artistic style and quality.
- For Website Improvement & Analytics:
- Understanding how visitors use our website to enhance user experience and content.
- Troubleshooting technical issues and ensuring website security.
- Legal & Compliance:
- Complying with legal obligations, such as tax and accounting requirements.
- Protecting our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and that of our clients or the public.
3. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in specific circumstances:
- Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our business. These may include:
- Cloud Storage Providers: For secure storage of your photographs and data.
- Website Hosting Providers: For hosting our website.
- Payment Processors: For secure transaction handling.
- Email Marketing Platforms: (e.g., Systeme.io) for sending emails and managing campaigns.
- Advertising Platforms: (e.g., Facebook/Meta, Google Ads) for running and optimizing our ad campaigns. These platforms use data for targeting and measurement, but we do not share personally identifiable information with them unless you directly provide it to them (e.g., through a lead form on Facebook).
- Professional Labs/Vendors: For printing albums, canvases, or other photographic products.
- These providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we provide it.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or governmental regulation, or if we believe such action is necessary to protect our rights or the safety of others.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction.
4. Your Rights
Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), and other applicable laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Correction: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You can request the deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions (e.g., data required for legal obligations or active contracts).
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.1
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your persona2l data for direct marketing purposes or on grounds relating to your particular situation.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the “Contact Us” section below.
5. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes secure data storage, restricted access to client files, and the use of secure communication channels. While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
- Our website uses cookies to improve your Browse experience. These are small text files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences, analyze site usage, and serve relevant ads.
- We use Facebook Pixel (Meta Pixel) and Google Ads Conversion Tracking. These tools help us understand what happens after people click on our Facebook/Instagram or Google ads, allowing us to measure the effectiveness of our campaigns and show you more relevant ads in the future.
- How to Manage Cookies: You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences through their settings. You can typically set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies.
- Opting Out of Personalized Ads:
- Google Ads: You can manage your personalized ad settings on Google via https://adssettings.google.com/
- Facebook/Meta Ads: You can adjust your ad preferences on Facebook via your account settings under “Ad Preferences” or through resources like the Digital Advertising Alliance (https://optout.aboutads.info/) or the Network Advertising Initiative (https://optout.networkadvertising.org/).
7. Third-Party Websites
Our website and communications may contain links to third-party websites (e.g., payment gateways, external galleries, social media). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the updated policy on our website with a revised “Effective Date.” We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Chitra Deepak Photography
Email Address – info@chitradeepakphotography.com
Contact – +91-9740739433
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