Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 7, 2026
EK Simmons Photography respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit eksimmons.com, contact us, join our email list, book a photography session, or otherwise interact with our business, and how we may use and protect that information.
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
Your name
Email address
Telephone number
Mailing or billing address
Information submitted through contact or inquiry forms
Information provided when booking or purchasing a photography session
Information related to your photography session
Communications you send to EK Simmons Photography
Email marketing preferences
When you visit our website, certain information may also be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, and similar technologies. This may include:
Browser and device information
Pages visited
Referral source
Approximate geographic location
Date and time of website visits
Interactions with our website
General website and session statistics
How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information to:
Respond to inquiries
Schedule and manage photography sessions
Communicate with clients regarding their sessions
Process payments and transactions
Deliver photographs, galleries, products, and services
Maintain client records
Send requested information
Send promotional emails, session announcements, special offers, or other marketing communications when you have chosen to receive them
Understand how visitors use our website
Improve our website, services, marketing, and client experience
Protect our website and business from fraud, abuse, or security threats
Comply with legal, tax, accounting, and business recordkeeping requirements
Email Marketing
Visitors may voluntarily join the EK Simmons Photography VIP Community or other email lists.
When you subscribe, we may use your name, email address, and related information to send announcements, special offers, session information, photography tips, and other marketing communications.
You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our marketing emails.
Photography Clients
When you book a photography session, additional information may be collected as necessary to provide photography services. This may include client and participant names, contact information, session details, agreements, invoices, payments, correspondence, and photographs created during your session.
Information associated with your photography services may be stored through third-party client-management, payment-processing, gallery-delivery, scheduling, or other professional service providers.
The use and publication of photographs are also governed by the applicable photography agreement and model release entered into in connection with your session.
Children
EK Simmons Photography frequently photographs children and high school seniors. However, this website is intended for adults who are seeking information about or purchasing photography services.
We do not knowingly solicit personal information directly from children under 13 through this website. Parents or legal guardians generally provide information concerning minor photography clients.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. Other cookies may be used for analytics and performance purposes to help us understand how visitors use the website and improve our services.
Where applicable, visitors may use our cookie consent tools to accept, reject, or manage non-essential cookies.
You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how portions of the website function.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a website analytics service provided by Google, to better understand how visitors use eksimmons.com.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
Browser and device information
Approximate geographic location
Pages viewed
Website interactions
Referral sources
Session and usage statistics
Google Analytics uses this information to provide aggregated reports and insights about website traffic and visitor behavior.
Google may use an IP address during data collection to derive approximate geographic information and route data, but Google Analytics 4 states that IP addresses are not logged or stored by Google Analytics.
Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to distinguish users and sessions and to measure website activity.
When our cookie consent tools apply, your consent choices may be communicated to Google through Google Consent Mode. If analytics consent is declined, Google may limit the use of cookies and identifiers while still receiving certain limited, cookieless measurement signals as permitted by its systems and applicable settings.
For more information about Google's data practices, you may review Google's privacy and Google Analytics documentation.
Third-Party Service Providers
We use third-party service providers to operate our business and provide services to clients. These may include providers used for:
Website hosting and website analytics
Client relationship management
Photography session booking and scheduling
Contracts and electronic signatures
Payment processing
Online photograph galleries and image delivery
Email marketing
Business communications
Accounting and administrative services
These providers may receive personal information when necessary to perform services on our behalf and may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
Examples of services we may use include Squarespace, Google Analytics, Sprout Studio, ShootProof, Flodesk, and payment-processing or other professional service providers.
We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of selling personal information for money.
Links to Other Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, booking systems, galleries, or other services.
Once you leave eksimmons.com, the privacy practices of the third-party website or service apply. EK Simmons Photography is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.
How We Protect Information
We take reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect the personal information entrusted to us.
However, no internet transmission, electronic storage system, or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, maintain appropriate business and client records, comply with legal and tax obligations, resolve disputes, and protect the legitimate interests of EK Simmons Photography.
Different categories of information may be retained for different periods of time.
Your Choices and Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, applicable privacy law may provide rights regarding your personal information.
You may contact us to request information about personal information we maintain about you or to request correction or deletion where applicable.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link contained in those emails.
You may also manage non-essential website cookies through the cookie preferences available on our website, when applicable.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, business practices, services, technology, or applicable legal requirements.
When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact:
EK Simmons Photography
4095 State Hwy 6 South, Suite C
College Station, TX 77845
elizabeth@eksimmons.com