Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 5, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Joseph Hubbard Design ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses personal information when you visit, contact us, or use our services via josephhubbarddesign.com (the "Site") or other channels we control (collectively, the "Services"). "You" means a website visitor, prospective or current client, or other individual whose information we process.

We may update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for legal, technical, or operational reasons. When we make changes, we will post the revised Policy on this page and update the “Last updated” date.

Information you provide to us:

• Contact details (name, email address, phone number, mailing address).
   
• Project and account information (company name, project brief, files you upload or share; if an account exists, a username and password).
   
• Billing and invoicing information processed by our payment providers (e.g., billing address, limited payment details).
   
• Communications you send to us (emails, contact-form messages, support requests).
   

Information collected automatically:
When you visit the Site, we (and our service providers) may automatically collect usage data via cookies and similar technologies, such as IP address, device and browser type, pages viewed, referring/exit pages, and timestamps. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Some features may not function properly without certain cookies.

Information from third parties:

• Vendors who support our Services (website hosting, analytics, customer support, cloud storage).
   
• Payment processors, solely to process your payments and for fraud prevention.
   
• Marketing and advertising partners (if enabled), to measure or improve campaigns.
   

• Provide, operate, and improve the Services and our client experience.
   
• Respond to inquiries, provide proposals, quotes, and client support.
   
• Process transactions and deliver contracted work.
   
• Customize content and measure Site performance and analytics.
   
• Send administrative messages and, where permitted, marketing communications (you may opt out at any time).
   
• Detect, prevent, and address security or fraudulent activity; comply with legal obligations; enforce agreements.
   

Where GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process personal data on the following legal bases:

• Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b))
   
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) such as running and securing our Services and communicating with you
   
• Compliance with legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c))
   
• Consent where required (Art. 6(1)(a))
   

We may disclose personal information to:

• Service providers who perform services on our behalf (IT/hosting, analytics, customer support, payment processing, cloud storage).
   
• Business partners or subcontractors involved in delivering a project, when you direct us to share or where necessary to fulfill a contract.
   
• Authorities, advisors, or others when required by law or to protect rights and safety.
   
• Affiliates in connection with running our business, or to a successor entity in the event of a business transaction.
   

We do not sell personal information. If we engage in targeted advertising or audience matching, you can opt out as described below.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Some browsers and extensions support the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. Where technically feasible, we treat a valid GPC signal as a request to opt out of certain sharing or targeted advertising for that browser or device.

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, delete, correct, or port your personal information; restrict or object to certain processing; withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and opt out of targeted advertising or certain sharing.

You won’t be discriminated against for exercising these rights. We may need to verify your identity to process a request. You may authorize an agent to act on your behalf where permitted by law.

No security measures are perfect, but we implement reasonable safeguards to protect personal information. We retain information as long as necessary for the purposes described above, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

Our Services are not intended for use by children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards (such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses) for such transfers.

If you have questions about this Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, contact:

Joseph Hubbard Design
Email: joseph@josephhubbardphotography.com
Address: Im Hopfengarten 14, Bad Soden Salmünster, 63628, Germany

We are the data controller of your personal information unless stated otherwise.