Last updated: 3 September 2026
1. About this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Svitlana Popova Photography (“I”, “me”, “my” or “the Photographer”) collects, uses and protects personal information when you visit or contact me through my website:
I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting your personal information.
2. Who is responsible for your personal information?
The data controller responsible for your personal information is:
Svitlana Popova Photography
United Kingdom
Email: svitlaphoto.uk@gmail.com
United Kingdom
Email: svitlaphoto.uk@gmail.com
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, you can contact me using the email address above.
3. What information I collect
I may collect the following personal information:
- your name;
- your email address;
- the contents of any message or enquiry you send to me;
- information you voluntarily provide when contacting me.
When you visit my website, certain technical information may also be collected automatically, such as information about your browser, device, IP address, pages visited and how you interact with the website.
The information collected automatically depends on the cookies and services enabled on the website.
4. How I use your information
I use personal information to:
- respond to enquiries and messages;
- communicate with you about my photography services;
- provide information or services you have requested;
- operate and maintain my website;
- improve my website and services;
- understand how visitors use my website;
- monitor website performance and security;
- comply with legal obligations.
I will only use your personal information for purposes that are compatible with those described in this Privacy Policy.
5. Contact form
If you contact me using a form on my website, I may collect your name, email address and the contents of your message.
I use this information to respond to your enquiry and communicate with you about your request.
The lawful basis for processing this information is generally legitimate interests, as it is necessary for me to respond to enquiries and manage communications with potential or existing clients.
Please do not provide sensitive personal information through the contact form unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
6. Google Analytics
I use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use my website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- how visitors arrive at the website;
- which pages they visit;
- how long they spend on the website;
- information about their device and browser;
- interactions with the website.
Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies for this purpose.
Analytics cookies are non-essential cookies. They are only used after you have given the appropriate consent through the website's cookie consent mechanism.
You can choose to accept or decline analytics cookies using the cookie banner displayed on the website.
Google may process information collected through Google Analytics in accordance with its own privacy policies and terms.
7. Cookies
My website is hosted using Adobe Portfolio and may use cookies and similar technologies.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. Other cookies, such as analytics cookies, are optional.
I use a cookie banner to provide information about cookies and to allow you to accept or decline non-essential cookies.
Where consent is required, non-essential cookies will not be used unless you have given your consent.
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Under UK privacy law, consent for non-essential cookies must be freely given and involve a clear affirmative action.
8. Adobe Portfolio
This website is hosted and operated using Adobe Portfolio.
Adobe may process certain technical information, including information necessary to provide, secure and maintain the website.
Adobe's own privacy practices may apply to information processed by Adobe as a service provider.
9. Third-party services
I use third-party services to operate and improve my website, including:
Adobe Portfolio – website hosting and website functionality;
Google Analytics – website analytics, where you have provided consent.
These providers may process personal information or technical information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
10. Sharing your information
I do not sell or rent your personal information.
I may share personal information with third-party service providers where this is necessary to operate my website, provide services, respond to enquiries, analyse website usage or maintain website security.
I may also disclose personal information where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
11. International transfers
Some of the service providers I use may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, I will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable UK data protection law.
12. How long I keep your information
I keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Information provided through an enquiry form may be retained for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry, manage communications, provide services, maintain appropriate business records and comply with legal obligations.
When personal information is no longer required, I will take reasonable steps to delete or securely dispose of it.
13. Your privacy rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have the following rights:
- the right to access the personal information I hold about you;
- the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- the right to request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances;
- the right to request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
- the right to object to certain types of processing;
- the right to data portability where applicable;
- the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact me at: svitlaphoto.uk@gmail.com
I may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
14. Withdrawing cookie consent
You can decline non-essential cookies when you visit the website.
If you have previously accepted analytics cookies and wish to withdraw your consent, you can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
If the website provides a cookie preference mechanism, you can also use that mechanism to change your preferences.
15. Data security
I take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against accidental loss, unauthorised access, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
16. Children's privacy
This website is not specifically directed at children, and I do not knowingly collect personal information from children for marketing purposes.
17. Changes to this Privacy Policy
I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to my website, services, technology or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will always be published on this page.
Last updated: 3 September 2026
18. Complaints
If you have concerns about how I handle your personal information, please contact me first using the details above so that I can try to resolve your concern.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.
Further information is available from the ICO's website.