GDPR and Data Protection Privacy Statement

Darren Smith and those who work with Darren Smith Photography are committed to maintain the trust of clients, potential clients and visitors to this website and for those who use the services on offer.

Darren Smith Photography is a small, personal business whose ethos is to build on this trust gained to improve the service provided.

Privacy Pledge

The data collected by Darren Smith Photography (such as names, contact details, enquiries and comments) are solely used as verification and to allow members of Darren Smith Photography to reply to such requests or comments. It is not shared with any other company, such as an alternative photographer, printer or supplier without your consent.

Our code complies with the EU and UK data rules as of June 2026.

Darren Smith Photography does not use cookies or ad management trackers to collect surfing data on its visitors web habits.

We do use however use Google Analytics and Bing Webmaster to monitor:

  • Page errors
  • Page visits to individual pages
  • Visitor numbers
  • Country of origin

All of these are within the code of this site and are used to monitor how the site is performing, that the pages online are being used, and where pages are less popular, are modified to improve their function and effectiveness.

We do not under any circumstances monitor customers' / visitors' personal:

  • History
  • Data or
  • Advertising preferences

Darren Smith Photography does not have an email subscription list so does not hold a list of visitors or other interested visitors to our site or social media.

We prefer to show off our work via this website and our social media presence.

We at Darren Smith Photography value your privacy, not only from a family and individual point of view, but protecting the interests of our clients. Our business is to provide you with the photographs you require. Phtographs taken for a client will have a title with no persoanl identification on linking to the individual or family member.

Darren has a full DBS certificate and has many years of working with Children and young adults which can be reviewed by our clients when asked. Any associates of Darren Smith Photography will also have suitable checks completed.

Any data collected from this site or by other communication such as through email or social media is kept for six (6) months beyond the last conversation or contact. After that time, it is deleted.

Darren Smith Photography does not use Automated Decision Making (ADM) in any part of our work or marketing. No information is shared with third parties who manage the AI systems we have available to any of us.

If anyone has a complaint about the service or use of personal data from Darren Smith Photography, Our complaints procedure is as follows:

    • Clients are advised to contact us via one of the many channels we offer, either on our contact page or via our social media platforms.
    • We will acknowledge any complaints within 30 days.
    • Darren will personally deal with any complaints made. Nobody will see the complaint other than those directly involved in the complaint.
    • We, (Darren Smith Photography) will log the complaint, assess the complaint and make efforts to deal with the issue brought to us.
Email your Complaint directly to Darren

Our existing (or potential) clients are legally entitled to make Subject Access Requests (SARs) for the data we have on them. We obviously have to collect data (such as names, contact details, enquiries and comments) on our clients and potential clients in order to perform the services we offer. We will always be open about this data collected and are happy to show any client the information we have on them. Email your SARS request

Client images stored in the archive of Darren Smith Photography are kept for three (3) years for the sole purpose of backup for the client as well as storage in case a client requests further copies or previous work. After that time, it is deleted unless specifically requested by the client.

Client online folders / portfolios are kept updated for three (3) years from the date of delivery. After that period, these online folders / portfolios will be no longer maintained and will be phased out from our website. For our clients, its essential they download these images before they are removed

Images stored at Darren Smith Photography are stored in a locked off-line archive. This is the safest method to protect the data owned by Darren Smith Photography, our associates and of course our clients. This means our original files are not accessible from any online source, are kept away from our immediate studio and locked in a secure place. We also have backups of every file locked using a similar method in a differnet location for added security