Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 23, 2026

Kniley Photography (“Kniley Photography,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit kniley.com, communicate with us, submit an inquiry, purchase products or services, interact with us through social media, or otherwise provide information to us.

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

Your name
Email address
Phone number
Mailing or billing address
Wedding, event, or session date and location
Information about your wedding, event, family, or photography needs
Information submitted through contact forms, questionnaires, surveys, or other forms
Information related to purchases, orders, payments, and services
Communications you send to us by email, text message, social media, or other means

We may also automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, including information about your browser, network, device, IP address, pages visited, referring pages or websites, interactions with our website, and the dates and times of those interactions.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect to:

Respond to inquiries and provide requested information
Provide photography and related products and services
Communicate with clients and prospective clients
Schedule and manage photography services
Process and fulfill orders
Provide customer service
Send administrative, transactional, or service-related communications
Send marketing communications when permitted by applicable law
Improve our website, services, products, and customer experience
Analyze website traffic and usage
Maintain the security and integrity of our website and business systems
Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal obligations

Website Hosting and Analytics

Our website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace may collect information about visitors to this website in order to operate the website and provide website services and analytics to us.

This information may include information about your browser, network, and device; your IP address; pages you visited before visiting our website; and information about your use of our website, such as pages visited, clicks, searches, scrolling, and timestamps.

We use this information to understand website traffic and activity and to improve our website and services.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files or pieces of data stored on your device when you visit a website.

Some cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. Squarespace, our website hosting provider, uses necessary cookies to securely operate and serve this website.

Our website may also use analytics and performance cookies to help us understand website traffic, visitor activity, and how people interact with our website.

We may also use third-party analytics, advertising, or marketing technologies. These services may use cookies, pixels, tags, or similar technologies to collect information about visits to and interactions with our website.

Where available, you may manage certain cookie preferences through our website's cookie controls or through your browser settings.

Forms and Inquiries

When you submit information through a form on our website, we collect the information requested in that form so that we can respond to your inquiry, provide requested services, and manage our relationship with you.

Information submitted through our website may be processed by Squarespace and may also be transferred to other service providers we use to manage inquiries, client relationships, communications, or business operations.

Email Communications

If you provide us with your email address, we may use it to respond to your inquiry, communicate about services you have requested or purchased, and provide other administrative or transactional communications.

Where permitted, we may also send occasional marketing communications, news, offers, or information about our services. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in those communications or by contacting us.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications will not prevent us from sending communications that are necessary to provide services you have requested or purchased.

Text Messages and Mobile Information

If you provide your mobile phone number and consent to receive text messages from us, we may use text messaging to communicate with you regarding inquiries, appointments, photography services, orders, customer service, and other communications for which you have provided consent.

Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchasing goods or services. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency may vary. You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP or by contacting us.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Information may be shared with subcontractors and service providers that support our communications or customer service operations as necessary to provide those services. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

How We Share Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share personal information with service providers and contractors that assist us in operating our business and providing services to you. These may include providers that assist with:

Website hosting
Customer relationship management
Email and text communications
Payment processing
Online galleries and image delivery
Album, print, and product production
Shipping and fulfillment
Scheduling
Data storage and backup
Analytics and website performance
Accounting and other business operations

We provide these parties with information as reasonably necessary for them to perform services on our behalf.

We may also disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; protect our rights or property; prevent fraud or misuse of our services; or protect the safety of our clients, visitors, or others.

Payment Information

When you make a payment or purchase, payment information may be processed by third-party payment processors or financial institutions.

We do not necessarily receive or store your complete credit or debit card information. Payment providers process payment information according to their own privacy and security practices.

Third-Party Services and Links

Our website and services may contain links to, integrations with, or content provided by third-party websites and services.

Those third parties may collect information according to their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Testimonials, Reviews, and Client Content

With appropriate permission, we may display client testimonials, reviews, photographs, or other content in connection with our website, portfolio, social media, advertising, or marketing.

The use of photographs and other creative work is also governed by applicable client agreements, releases, and copyright law.

If you have questions regarding the use of particular photographs or client content, please contact us.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain business and transaction records, fulfill contractual obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, comply with legal obligations, and support legitimate business purposes.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no method of transmitting information over the internet or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by us.

Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, which may include the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information we maintain about you.

You may also request that we stop sending marketing communications to you.

To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information below. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not directed toward children for the purpose of collecting personal information from them online. We do not knowingly solicit personal information directly from children without appropriate authorization or consent.

Photography services may, of course, include photographing children as part of weddings, family sessions, or other commissioned photography. Information and images created in connection with those services are handled in accordance with our agreements with the applicable client or parent/guardian.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business practices, services, technologies, or legal requirements.

When we make changes, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page and update the “Last Updated” date above. Where appropriate, we may provide additional notice of material changes.