privacy
The Nixons Photography (nixon-commercial.com)
Last Updated: March 8, 2025
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://nixon-commercial.com
This website is owned and operated by The Nixons Photography, LLC a photography business operated by Justin Nixon.
You can contact us at:
Email: hello@nixonstudios.com
Phone: 336-303-1714
Mailing Address: PO Box 1096 Burlington, NC 27215
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
We collect personal data to provide and improve our services, communicate with you, process bookings, and comply with legal obligations. We collect data in the following ways:
Contact Forms: When you submit a contact form on our website, we collect the information you provide, including your name, email address, phone number, and any message you include. We use this information to respond to your inquiries, provide quotes, and schedule sessions. We retain contact form submissions for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes unless you have explicitly opted-in (see “Marketing Communications” below).
Booking Forms: When you book a session, we collect information necessary to process your booking and payment, including your name, contact information, session type, preferred date/time, and payment details. Payment processing is handled securely through Square, and we do not store your full credit card details on our servers.
Image Delivery: We use a third-party service, Pic-Time, to deliver your retouched images. When you access your private download link, Pic-Time may collect certain information, such as your IP address. Please refer to Pic-Time’s privacy policy for details on their data collection practices: https://www.pic-time.com/privacy-policy.
Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, and personalize content. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a longer period).
Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly (e.g., enabling navigation, remembering items in your shopping cart – if applicable).
Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous data about website traffic and usage patterns. This helps us understand how visitors interact with our site and improve its content and functionality. Google Analytics uses cookies to track this information. You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. (See “Analytics” section below for more details.)
Third-Party Cookies: We do not use third-party cookies other than Google Analytics.
Managing Cookies: You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
Email Communications: If you contact us via email, we will collect your email address and any other information you provide in your message. We use this information to respond to your inquiries.
Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Testimonies: We may ask you for a testimonial that may include your name, business, location, and a quote. We will get written permission to use this content.
3. Comments
We do not allow comments on our website. Therefore, we do not collect any personal data through comments.
4. Media
We do not allow visitors to upload media files to our website. All images on the website are uploaded and managed by The Nixons Photography.
5. Contact Forms
(This is covered in Section 2, but we’ll reiterate it here for completeness)
When you submit a contact form, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and any message you provide. We retain this information indefinitely for customer service purposes. We do not use this information for marketing purposes unless you have explicitly opted-in to receive marketing communications.
6. Cookies
(This is covered in Section 2, but we’ll reiterate it here for completeness)
We use cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience and for analytics purposes. We use Google Analytics. You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings.
7. Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track website traffic and usage patterns. Google Analytics collects anonymous data, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and pages visited. This information is used to improve our website and services. Google Analytics has its own privacy policy, which you can review here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
8. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to third parties. We may share your data with the following trusted service providers only to the extent necessary to provide our services:
Hosting Provider: Our website is hosted by Cloudways, which may have access to server logs that contain IP addresses.
Payment Processor: If you book a session online, your payment information will be processed securely by Square. We do not store your full credit card details on our servers.
Email Provider: We use Google to send and receive emails.
Google Analytics
Pic-Time: We use Pic-Time (https://www.pic-time.com/) to provide secure delivery of your retouched images. Pic-Time may have access to your IP address when you access your download link. Please refer to Pic-Time’s privacy policy for details: https://www.pic-time.com/privacy-policy.
We may also disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request (e.g., a court order or subpoena).
9. How Long We Retain Your Data
Contact Form Submissions: We retain contact form submissions indefinitely for customer service purposes.
Booking Information: We retain booking information and related data (including payment information processed through our payment processor) for 7 years for accounting and legal purposes.
Analytics Data: Google Analytics data is retained in accordance with Google’s data retention policies.
Email Communications: We retain email communications indefinitely for customer service purposes.
10. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR and CCPA, if applicable), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
The right to access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
The right to erasure (the “right to be forgotten”): You have the right to request that we delete your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided in Section 1. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.
11. Where Your Data is Sent
Your data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside of your country of residence, including the United States. Our hosting provider, Cloudways, our payment processor, Square, and Pic-Time may have servers located in the United States. We ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws, including, where applicable, the use of Standard Contractual Clauses or other appropriate safeguards. Google, our analytics provider, is located in the United States.
12. Contact Information
For any privacy-specific concerns, please contact:
Justin Nixon
The Nixons Photography
hello@nixonstudios.com
336-303-1714
PO Box 1096
Burlington, NC 27215
13. How We Protect Your Data
We take the security of your personal data seriously. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
These measures include:
Secure Website: Our website uses HTTPS encryption to protect data transmitted between your browser and our server.
Secure Payment Processing: We use a reputable, PCI-compliant payment processor Square to handle all online payments.
Data Minimization: We only collect the personal data that is necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy.
Access Control: Access to your personal data is limited to authorized personnel only.
Regular Security Reviews: We regularly review our security practices and update them as needed.
14. What Data Breach Procedures
We Have in Place In the event of a data breach, we have the following procedures in place:
Internal Reporting System: We have an internal system for reporting and investigating potential data breaches.
Notification: If a data breach occurs that is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and the relevant supervisory authorities (if required by law) without undue delay.
Remediation: We will take all necessary steps to contain the breach, investigate its cause, and prevent future occurrences.
15. What Third Parties We Receive Data From
We do not receive personal data about users from third parties, including advertisers.
16. What Automated Decision Making and/or Profiling
We Do With User Data We do not use automated decision-making or profiling with user data.