Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 18, 2026
KMJoseph Photography respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using our photography services, online galleries, and online shop. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how it may be used, and the choices available to you.
1. Who is responsible for your information?
KMJoseph Photography
2720 S Cartersville Hwy
Timmonsville, SC
Phone: 843-919-0408
Email: kjoseph@kmjosephphotography.com
2. What information do we collect?
We process personal information that you provide directly to us as part of your relationship with KMJoseph Photography.
We may also receive information from organizations or facilities where photography services are provided, such as schools and childcare centers, when permitted and necessary to provide photography services.
Information we collect may include:
Your name
Your child's name
Email address
Telephone number
Mailing or billing address
Order and transaction information
Photographs
Gallery and access information
Communications and inquiries
Information necessary to fulfill photography orders and provide customer service
We only collect information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services, process orders, communicate with customers, operate our business, and comply with applicable legal requirements.
We collect mobile phone numbers only when users voluntarily provide them and explicitly consent to receive SMS notifications from kristina Joseph.
Mobile numbers are used solely to send marketing notifications (such as opportunities to purchase photos, receive possible shipping deals, or claim special discounts), only if consented to by the user.
We do not sell or share mobile or personal data with third parties, affiliates, or partners for marketing or promotional purposes. We only share data with third parties when it is strictly necessary to deliver our services and only under binding agreements that ensure confidentiality.
Under no circumstances will mobile data be shared or sold for advertising or promotional use.
Users may opt out of SMS notifications at any time by replying STOP.
Users may request assistance by replying HELP.
Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.
3. Why do we process your information?
We process personal information as necessary to provide photography services and fulfill orders, including photographing participants, creating and maintaining online galleries, processing purchases, delivering digital images, producing photographic products, providing customer support, and communicating important information regarding photography services or orders.
We may also process information for legitimate business purposes, including business administration, maintaining the security of our services, preventing or investigating fraudulent or unlawful activity, enforcing legal rights, resolving disputes, and improving our services, products, and customer experience.
4. Contact forms and inquiries
When you contact KMJoseph Photography through a contact form, email, telephone, online gallery, or another communication method, we may collect your name, email address, telephone number, and any other information you choose to provide.
This information is used to respond to your inquiry, communicate with you regarding photography services, manage bookings and orders, provide customer support, and maintain appropriate business records.
We retain this information only for as long as reasonably necessary for these purposes or as required by applicable law.
5. School, daycare, preschool, and event photography
When KMJoseph Photography is hired by a school, childcare center, preschool, organization, or other facility to provide photography services, we may receive limited participant and parent/guardian information from that organization when necessary to organize picture day, identify photographs, provide secure gallery access, communicate with families, and fulfill orders.
Photographs may be made available through password-protected, access-code-protected, or otherwise restricted online galleries when applicable.
Information received for these purposes is used only as reasonably necessary to provide the photography services, administer galleries, communicate regarding photographs or orders, and fulfill purchases.
6. Consent and use of photographs
When consent is required for a particular use of a photograph, such as promotional or marketing use, KMJoseph Photography will rely on the applicable consent or model release.
Where applicable, consent may be withdrawn for future use by contacting KMJoseph Photography. Withdrawal of consent does not affect uses or processing that occurred before the withdrawal.
7. Who may receive your information?
Information may be shared with trusted service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our business and provide photography services.
These providers may include companies that provide:
Online gallery and photography sales services
Professional photo printing and product fulfillment
Payment processing
Website and information technology services
Email and communication services
Shipping and delivery services
Business administration services
These providers receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their services.
Information may also be disclosed when required by law, legal process, or a valid request from an appropriate governmental authority.
KMJoseph Photography does not sell customers' personal information to third parties.
8. How long do we retain information?
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, fulfill orders, maintain appropriate business and financial records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with applicable legal requirements.
Different categories of information may be retained for different periods depending on their purpose and applicable legal requirements.
9. Email and other communications
If you choose to receive marketing emails or other promotional communications from KMJoseph Photography, we may use the contact information you provide for those purposes.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option provided in the message or by contacting KMJoseph Photography.
Transactional communications relating to an inquiry, booking, gallery, purchase, or order may still be sent when necessary to provide requested services.
10. Cookies and website technology
Our website and online gallery/shop providers may use cookies and similar technologies to operate their services, remember preferences, maintain secure sessions, process orders, understand website usage, and improve the customer experience.
Your browser may allow you to restrict or disable cookies. Some portions of the website, gallery, or online shop may not function properly if certain cookies are disabled.
Third-party platforms used by KMJoseph Photography may maintain their own privacy policies governing information processed through their services.
11. Online shop and payment processing
When you place an order through our online shop, information necessary to process your purchase may be provided to our online shop provider, payment processor, professional printing lab, and shipping providers as necessary to complete the transaction and fulfill your order.
KMJoseph Photography does not directly store complete payment card information when payment is processed through a third-party payment processor.
12. Children's information
Because KMJoseph Photography provides newborn, child, family, school, preschool, and daycare photography, photographs and limited identifying information relating to children may be processed as part of providing photography services.
When appropriate, information concerning a child is provided by or handled in connection with the child's parent, legal guardian, school, childcare center, or other organization that arranged the photography services.
We take reasonable measures to limit access to children's galleries and information where applicable.
13. Data security
KMJoseph Photography takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. Your privacy choices
You may contact KMJoseph Photography to request access to or correction of personal information we maintain about you, or to ask questions regarding how your information is used.
Where applicable law provides additional privacy rights, requests will be handled in accordance with those requirements.
You may also opt out of marketing communications at any time.
15. Third-party services
Our website, galleries, shop, or communications may use or link to third-party services. Those services maintain their own privacy practices, and their processing of information is governed by their respective privacy policies.
16. Changes to this Privacy Policy
KMJoseph Photography may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our services, business practices, technology, or applicable legal requirements.
The current version will be identified by the "Last Updated" date shown above.
17. Contact
Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
KMJoseph Photography
2720 S Cartersville Hwy
Timmonsville, SC
Phone: 843-919-0408
Email: kjoseph@kmjosephphotography.com
