Privacy Policy

Introduction

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how our photography business (based in New Jersey, USA) collects, uses, and safeguards your personal information when you use our website or services. It also describes your rights regarding your information and how you can contact us with any questions or requests. By using our website or booking our services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information We Collect

When you use our website (for example, by filling out our booking form), we may collect the following personal information:

• Name: Your first and last name.

• Email Address: So we can send you booking confirmations and replies.

• Phone Number: In case we need to call or text you about your session.

• Photography Session Details: This includes the date of your requested session or event and the type of session (for example, wedding, portrait, family shoot, etc.).

• Additional Information: Any other information you choose to provide in your booking request or communications (for instance, specific requests or notes about the session).

We only collect information that you voluntarily provide to us through our website forms or direct communication. We do not collect sensitive personal data or any information beyond what is necessary for booking and providing our services.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use the personal information you provide only for the purposes of providing and improving our services to you. This includes:

• To Confirm and Schedule Bookings: We use your contact information and session details to schedule your photography session, send you confirmation emails, and communicate with you about any updates or reminders.

• To Communicate with You: We may respond to your inquiries, send information you requested, or contact you by email or phone if we have questions about your booking or need to provide important information (such as changes in schedule or weather considerations).

• Administrative and Legal Purposes: We keep records of bookings and communications for our internal administration, accounting, and to comply with any legal requirements (for example, maintaining records for tax purposes or responding to lawful requests by authorities).

Importantly, we do NOT use your personal information for any marketing or newsletter purposes at this time. We will not send you promotional emails or newsletters unless you explicitly sign up for such communications in the future. If in the future we decide to offer a newsletter or promotional communications, we will only send them to you if you have given clear consent.

How We Store and Protect Your Information

Your personal information is stored securely. When you submit a booking form on our website, the data is transmitted to us and stored in our website’s database and/or email system. We take reasonable precautions to protect your data, including:

• Secure Storage: Our website and hosting provider use security measures (such as firewalls and encryption for data transmission via SSL/TLS) to help protect the database where form entries are stored. Any emails we receive with your information are protected by the standard security practices of our email provider.

• Limited Access: Only authorized personnel in our photography business (for example, the photographer or staff who manage bookings) can access your personal information. We protect our accounts and systems with strong passwords and keep our software up-to-date to guard against vulnerabilities.

• Retention of Data: We keep your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. For instance, we will retain your contact and session information through the date of your photoshoot and for a reasonable period afterward in case you have follow-up needs or for our record-keeping. If you request deletion of your data (see Your Rights below), we will remove your information from our records, provided we do not need to keep it for legal reasons.

• No Guaranteed Security: While we strive to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. However, we work hard to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data. In the unlikely event of a data breach, we will notify affected users as required by law.

Cookies and Analytics

At this time, we do not use any cookies or analytics tools on our website for tracking or marketing purposes. When you visit our website, we do not place any tracking cookies on your browser beyond what is essential for the site to function (for example, basic session cookies that might be required by our content management system to make the website work properly).

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by websites you visit. Because we currently do not use analytics or advertising cookies, you can browse our site without any non-essential cookies being stored on your device. We also do not use Google Analytics or similar analytics services at this time, so we are not tracking your browsing behavior on our site.

Future Use of Cookies and Analytics: We may decide to use cookies or analytics tools in the future to improve user experience or understand how visitors use our site (for example, to see which pages are most popular or to enable certain new features). If we introduce new cookies or tracking tools, we will update this Privacy Policy and (if required by law) notify you or request your consent. Any future use of cookies will be done in accordance with applicable privacy laws and will be explained clearly to you (for instance, through an updated policy or a cookie notice on the site).

For now, if you have any concerns about cookies, most web browsers allow you to control and/or delete cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, since our site currently doesn’t use non-essential cookies, you should not experience any loss of functionality by blocking cookies on our site.

Sharing of Your Personal Information

We understand that your personal information is important, and we want you to know that we do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes. In fact, in the normal course of our operations, we do not share your information with anyone outside our business except in a few specific situations:

• Service Providers: We may use trusted third-party services to help us run our website and business (for example, our website hosting company, email service provider, or scheduling software). These service providers may process or store your information on our behalf, solely for the purpose of providing their services to us. We only work with providers that commit to protecting your data and using it only for the services we have requested.

• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (for example, a court order, subpoena, or law enforcement request). If this happens, we will only share the information that is necessary to comply with the law.

• Business Transfers: In the unlikely event that our photography business is ever involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information might be transferred to the new owner as part of that transaction. If that were to happen, we would ensure the new owner continues to protect your information in line with this Privacy Policy.

Aside from the situations above, we do not share your personal data with any third parties. This means we won’t give out your information to other companies or individuals for their own use without your permission.

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

We believe it’s important that you have control over your personal information. Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding the personal data we hold about you. We honor the following rights for all our clients and website visitors:

• Right to Access: You have the right to ask us if we are processing any personal information about you, and to request a copy of that information. We will provide you with the data we have about you in a reasonable time frame.

• Right to Correction: If you believe that any personal information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete (for example, an outdated phone number or a misspelled name), you have the right to request that we correct or update it. We will promptly update our records upon your request.

• Right to Deletion: You can request that we delete the personal information we have about you. For instance, if you submitted a booking inquiry and later want us to remove your details from our system, just let us know. We will delete your information unless we are required to keep it for legal or administrative purposes (such as for tax records or if the information is needed to resolve disputes).

• Right to Withdraw Consent: If we ever ask for your consent to use your information for a specific purpose (for example, if in the future we start a newsletter and you agree to subscribe), you have the right to change your mind and withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawing consent will not affect the legality of any use of your information that happened before you withdrew consent.

• Right to Complain: We take privacy seriously. If you believe we have handled your personal information improperly, please let us know so we can address the issue. If you are not satisfied with our response and you are in a region with a data protection authority (for example, a country in the European Union), you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection regulator.

To exercise any of these rights, you can contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below. We will do our best to accommodate your request and will respond within a reasonable time. Please note that for certain requests (like accessing or deleting data), we may need to verify your identity to ensure we’re protecting your privacy and not giving your data to an unauthorized person.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are here to help and will gladly answer any questions you might have.

• Email: hello@mochanpictures.me

• Phone: +1 (732) 455-9755

When you reach out, please let us know what your question or request is regarding, and we will respond as soon as possible. If you are contacting us to exercise one of your privacy rights (such as accessing or deleting your data), please provide enough information for us to verify your identity and locate your information (for example, your name and the email you used in the booking form).

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. If we make significant changes, we will post the updated policy on our website and update the “Effective Date” at the top of the policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

By continuing to use our website or services after any changes to this Privacy Policy are posted, you acknowledge and agree to the updated terms.