Privacy Notice
Last updated: 2 November 2026
Who we are. Spire Studio is a trading name of Daniel Shatford, a sole trader. We are the controller of the personal data described here. Our address is 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX. Contact us at hello@spirestudio.co.uk or 07818 622680. We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office, registration number CSN1747053.
What we collect.
Enquiries: your name, email address, phone number, event date, venue and anything you tell us in your message.
Bookings: your address, signed agreement, payment records and the details needed to plan your session or wedding.
Photographs: images we take of you, your family and your guests, and the edited versions we deliver.
Our website: basic visit statistics, described in our Cookie Policy.
Why we use it, and our legal basis.
Replying to your enquiry: legitimate interests, which means answering the people who contact us.
Providing the service you booked, taking payment and delivering your gallery: contract.
Keeping accounting and tax records: legal obligation.
Using your images in our own marketing: your consent, given in writing on your agreement. You can withdraw it at any time.
Photographs that show religion, health or pregnancy (a church ceremony, a maternity session): your explicit consent, given when you sign your agreement. Where a baby or child is photographed, a parent or guardian gives it.
Guests and others in photographs. Photographs at weddings and events show people who are not our clients. We take them to deliver the service our clients booked, under legitimate interests. Anyone pictured can contact us to ask a question or object.
Who we share it with. We never sell your data. We use these providers to run the business, and each acts on our instructions:
Squarespace: hosts this website, processes enquiry forms and provides our website statistics.
Google Workspace: our email and file storage.
Pic-Time: hosts your private online gallery and any print orders.
Aftershoot: image-selection and editing software that runs on our own computer. We have switched off its option to send copies of images to Aftershoot for AI training.
Monzo: our business bank account, which receives your payments by bank transfer.
Any accountant or bookkeeping service we appoint: for bookkeeping and tax returns.
HMRC and other authorities, where the law requires it.
We share images with your venue or other suppliers, or with publications, only if you tick that option on your agreement.
Transfers outside the UK. Some of these providers store data outside the UK, including in the United States. Where they do, they rely on safeguards that protect your data to UK standards, such as the UK–US data bridge or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement.
How long we keep it.
Enquiries that do not become bookings: 12 months.
Client records, agreements and payment records: 7 years, for tax and legal purposes.
Edited images and your online gallery: 12 months after delivery, unless your agreement says otherwise or you ask us to delete them sooner.
You can ask us to delete anything earlier, unless the law requires us to keep it.
Your rights. You can ask to see your data, correct it, delete it, restrict or object to how we use it, or receive a copy to move elsewhere. You can withdraw consent at any time, including permission to use your images. This does not affect use before you withdrew. Email hello@spirestudio.co.uk and we will reply within one month.
Complaints. Please tell us first so we can put it right. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.
Cookies. See our Cookie Policy.
Changes. We will update this page and its date if our practices change.