Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2026

At Katie Sharpe Images, I believe your photographs and personal information should be handled with care and respect. This Privacy Policy explains what information I may collect, how I use it, and how I protect it when you visit my website, contact me, book photography services, access a gallery, or place an order.

Information I Collect

Depending on how you interact with Katie Sharpe Images, I may collect information such as:

• Name

• Email address

• Phone number

• Mailing or billing address

• Names of people being photographed

• School, daycare, team, organization, or event information

• Session or event details

• Gallery and order information

• Information submitted through contact, booking, gallery assistance, or other forms

• Payment and transaction information

• Communications between you and Katie Sharpe Images

I only collect information that is reasonably necessary to provide the requested service, communicate with you, manage your gallery, process orders, or provide customer support.

How I Use Your Information

Your information may be used to:

• Respond to inquiries

• Schedule and manage photography services

• Communicate about your session or event

• Provide access to your photographs

• Help locate a gallery or gallery password

• Process and fulfill orders

• Send order confirmations and updates

• Respond to questions or problems

• Maintain necessary business records

• Improve my website and client experience

• Send marketing communications when you have chosen to receive them

I do not sell or rent your personal information.

Gallery & Event Privacy

For school, daycare, sports, organization, and event photography, Katie Sharpe Images may receive names, contact information, participant information, or other details needed to provide access to photographs and manage the gallery.

Information collected through these galleries is used to provide and manage the photography service.

Katie Sharpe Images does not:

• Sell or rent client or participant information

• Sell gallery access information or photographs to third parties

• Use information collected through school, daycare, sports, organization, or event galleries to solicit photography services

• Add gallery participants or families to marketing lists simply because they accessed or purchased from a gallery

• Contact people about unrelated photography services based solely on their participation in an event or gallery

Information may be used to:

• Provide access to the appropriate gallery

• Communicate about the gallery or an order

• Respond to questions or problems

• Process and fulfill orders

• Address issues related to photographs or products

• Meet necessary business, legal, or contractual requirements

If you find Katie Sharpe Images through a school, daycare, team, organization, or event, you can feel confident that your information is being used to provide the photography service—not to pursue you for unrelated photography services.

Children's Information & Photographs

Katie Sharpe Images photographs children as part of school, daycare, sports, family, and other photography services.

For school, daycare, sports, and organization photography, information about children may be provided by the participating organization for the purpose of providing photography services and managing the associated gallery.

I do not intentionally use my website to collect personal information directly from children without the involvement or authorization of a parent, guardian, school, organization, or other appropriate adult.

Parents and guardians may contact Katie Sharpe Images with questions about their child's information or photographs.

Children's Images & AI Use

Katie Sharpe Images does not use children's photographs to create AI-generated content, train artificial intelligence systems, or submit children's images to AI image-generation or facial-recognition services.

I do not use photographs of children for AI-generated advertising, synthetic imagery, or other AI-generated content.

Photographs may be professionally edited using standard photography and image-editing tools as part of the normal editing process. These tools are used to complete the editing workflow and are not used to create AI-generated representations of children.

Use of Photographs

Photographs created by Katie Sharpe Images may be used for portfolio, website, social media, advertising, publication, or other promotional purposes only as permitted by the applicable photography agreement, model release, or other permission provided for the service.

For school, daycare, sports, organization, and event photography, image use is subject to the applicable agreement and permissions established for that photography service.

Sharing on Social Media

Katie Sharpe Images may occasionally invite clients, families, participants, or event attendees to share their photographs on social media and tag Katie Sharpe Images.

I do not routinely take photographs from private client, family, school, daycare, sports, or event galleries and publish them on social media without permission.

When a client or appropriate parent or guardian voluntarily shares an image with Katie Sharpe Images or gives permission for an image to be shared, that image may be reposted on Katie Sharpe Images' social media or other marketing channels.

Your gallery is yours. Access to a private gallery does not, by itself, give Katie Sharpe Images permission to publish those photographs for promotional purposes.

If you choose to share an image with Katie Sharpe Images, you may contact me at any time if you have questions or concerns about its use.

Online Galleries

Katie Sharpe Images uses professional third-party gallery platforms to deliver and manage photographs.

Some galleries require a password or other identifying information to provide access to individual photographs.

Gallery passwords and access information are intended for the person, family, participant, or organization associated with the gallery and should not be publicly shared when a gallery is intended to provide private access.

Gallery availability varies depending on the type of photography service.

Payments & Orders

When you purchase photographs, digital images, prints, or other products, payment information may be processed through third-party payment processors or professional photo labs.

Katie Sharpe Images does not need to store your full credit or debit card number to process your order.

Payment processors and fulfillment providers may collect and process information according to their own privacy policies.

Third-Party Services

Katie Sharpe Images uses trusted third-party services to operate portions of the business. These may include services for:

• Website hosting

• Online galleries

• Client management

• Booking and scheduling

• Payment processing

• Professional photo printing and fulfillment

• Email communication

• Online forms

• Cloud storage

• Website analytics

• Business administration

These providers may have access to information necessary to perform the services they provide.

Each third-party provider is responsible for its own privacy practices and policies.

Cookies & Website Analytics

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide basic website functionality, remember preferences, understand website usage, and improve the visitor experience.

Some third-party services incorporated into the website may also use cookies or similar technologies.

You may be able to control or disable certain cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some website functionality.

Communications & Marketing

If you contact Katie Sharpe Images, request information, book a service, or place an order, I may use your contact information to communicate with you about that request or service.

Receiving photography services through a school, daycare, team, organization, or event does not automatically add you to a KSI marketing list.

If you receive marketing communications from Katie Sharpe Images, you may unsubscribe at any time using the available unsubscribe option or by contacting me.

How I Protect Your Information

I take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect the information I collect.

However, no website, online gallery, email system, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

How Long Information Is Retained

I retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for business, legal, accounting, contractual, customer-service, and photography-related purposes.

Gallery availability is separate from record retention. A gallery may expire even though certain business records or photographs are retained for legitimate business purposes.

Your Privacy Choices

Depending on the information involved, you may contact Katie Sharpe Images to:

• Ask questions about the personal information I have about you

• Request correction of inaccurate information

• Ask how your information is being used

• Unsubscribe from marketing communications

• Request deletion of information when I am not required to retain it for legal, contractual, or legitimate business purposes

Some information may need to be retained to fulfill contractual, legal, accounting, or other legitimate business requirements.

Links to Other Websites

This website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

Katie Sharpe Images is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. I encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Katie Sharpe Images may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will be posted on this page with the date it was last updated.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact:

Katie Sharpe Images

info@katiesharpeimages.com