Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 28, 2026
LS Photo Co. (“LS Photo Co.,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit our website, inquire about photography services, become a client, access a gallery, or otherwise interact with our business.
This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect, how that information may be used or shared, the choices available to you, and certain privacy rights that may apply based on where you live.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Information You Provide to Us
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:
- Submit an inquiry or contact form;
- Request information about photography services;
- Book a session or wedding;
- Sign a contract;
- Complete a questionnaire;
- Subscribe to emails or marketing communications;
- Purchase photographs, albums, prints, or other products;
- Communicate with us by email, telephone, social media, or other means; or
- Otherwise provide information to LS Photo Co.
Depending on how you interact with us, this information may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing or billing address, wedding or event date, venue, names of family members or other participants, photography preferences, and other information you choose to provide.
Photographs and Client Content
As a photography business, we create and maintain photographs and related media as part of providing our services. Photographs may contain identifiable images of clients, family members, wedding guests, children, or other individuals.
Our use of client photographs—including portfolio, website, social media, advertising, publication, or other promotional use—is governed by our client agreements, model releases, permissions, and applicable law.
Payment Information
When you make a payment, payment information may be processed through a third-party payment processor or client-management platform. LS Photo Co. may receive information about the transaction, such as the amount paid, payment status, and transaction date, but we generally do not directly store complete credit or debit card numbers.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies. This may include:
- IP address;
- Browser and device type;
- Operating system;
- Pages viewed;
- Referring website or source;
- Approximate geographic location derived from an IP address;
- Date and time of visits;
- Interactions with our website; and
- Advertising or analytics identifiers.
We use this information to operate and improve our website, understand how visitors find and use it, measure marketing performance, prevent fraud or misuse, and, where applicable, provide or measure advertising.
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies are small files or pieces of information that websites can store on your browser or device. LS Photo Co. and the companies that provide services to us may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies.
These technologies may include:
Essential Cookies. These help the website function properly and may support security, navigation, forms, shopping carts, client galleries, or other features you request.
Analytics Cookies. These help us understand website traffic and how visitors interact with our website so that we can improve its performance and content.
Functional Cookies. These may remember choices or preferences to improve your experience on the website.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies. If enabled on our website, these technologies may help us understand whether advertising campaigns are effective, measure conversions, create audiences, or deliver advertising based on interactions with our website.
Depending on the services LS Photo Co. uses, third-party technologies may be provided by companies such as Google or Meta and by our website, gallery, scheduling, customer-management, or advertising providers.
Some privacy laws may characterize certain uses of advertising technologies as the “sale,” “sharing,” or use of personal information for targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising, even when LS Photo Co. does not receive money in exchange for the information.
YOUR COOKIE CHOICES
Where available, you may use the cookie or privacy controls presented on our website to manage non-essential cookies. You can also configure your browser to block, limit, or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some portions of the website function.
Where required by applicable law, LS Photo Co. will recognize applicable browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control (GPC), as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or targeted advertising for the browser or device sending the signal.
If LS Photo Co. uses personal information for targeted advertising or engages in activities legally defined as selling or sharing personal information, we will provide any additional opt-out mechanisms required by applicable law.
HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use personal information to:
- Respond to inquiries;
- Provide photography and related services;
- Schedule and manage sessions and events;
- Communicate with clients;
- Deliver photographs and galleries;
- Create albums, prints, and other photographic products;
- Process transactions;
- Maintain client records;
- Send marketing communications where permitted;
- Operate, analyze, secure, and improve our website;
- Measure the effectiveness of advertising and marketing;
- Protect our business, clients, website, and legal rights;
- Prevent fraud or misuse; and
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
HOW WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION
We may disclose personal information to companies that help us operate LS Photo Co. and provide services to our clients. These may include website hosting providers, client-management systems, gallery providers, payment processors, email providers, album or print laboratories, cloud-storage providers, analytics providers, advertising platforms, accountants, professional advisers, and other vendors.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, protect our rights or property, investigate fraud or security concerns, or protect the safety of LS Photo Co., our clients, or others.
LS Photo Co. does not sell personal information for money.
However, the use of certain digital advertising or analytics technologies may constitute “selling,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some state privacy laws. Where applicable, you may exercise the corresponding opt-out rights described in this policy.
DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain appropriate business and tax records, fulfill contractual obligations, maintain photography archives, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with applicable law.
Different types of information may be retained for different periods. Photographs and completed client galleries may be retained for archival, backup, contractual, or business purposes consistent with our client agreements.
YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on where you live and whether the applicable privacy law applies to LS Photo Co., you may have rights concerning your personal information. These may include the right to:
- Confirm whether we process your personal information;
- Request access to certain personal information;
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information;
- Request deletion of certain personal information;
- Obtain a portable copy of certain information;
- Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information;
- Opt out of targeted advertising;
- Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information; and
- Exercise your privacy rights without unlawful discrimination.
These rights are subject to applicable law and may contain exceptions. To submit a privacy request, contact us at lsphotoco@gmail.com.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California residents may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”), when the CCPA applies to LS Photo Co. and the information at issue.
These rights may include the right to know, access, correct, or delete certain personal information; the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information; the right to limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information; and the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising applicable CCPA rights.
LS Photo Co. does not sell personal information in exchange for money.
Certain advertising technologies, however, may constitute “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. If LS Photo Co. engages in activity considered selling or sharing under the CCPA, California residents may exercise applicable opt-out rights through our website privacy controls or by contacting us at lsphotoco@gmail.com.
Where legally required, LS Photo Co. recognizes qualifying opt-out preference signals, including Global Privacy Control.
MINNESOTA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Minnesota residents may have rights under the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (“MCDPA”) when that law applies to LS Photo Co. and the information at issue.
Depending on applicability, these rights may include accessing personal data, correcting inaccuracies, requesting deletion, obtaining certain data in a portable format, obtaining information about certain third parties receiving personal data, and opting out of certain sales, targeted advertising, or qualifying profiling activities.
Minnesota consumers may submit applicable privacy requests or appeals by contacting lsphotoco@gmail.com.
NORTH DAKOTA PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY
LS Photo Co. is based in or conducts business in North Dakota and complies with applicable North Dakota privacy, consumer-protection, and data-security requirements.
North Dakota does not currently provide a comprehensive consumer privacy framework equivalent to California’s CCPA or Minnesota’s MCDPA. However, North Dakota law includes requirements relating to the protection of certain personal information and notification following qualifying data-security breaches.
Regardless of whether a particular comprehensive state privacy law applies, LS Photo Co. seeks to handle personal information responsibly and transparently.
North Dakota residents may contact us at lsphotoco@gmail.com with questions about information we maintain about them or to request access, correction, or deletion. We will consider and respond to such requests consistent with applicable law, our contractual obligations, and legitimate business or recordkeeping needs.
If LS Photo Co. experiences a security incident involving personal information, we will provide notifications to affected individuals and government authorities when required by applicable law.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our website and photography services are directed primarily toward adults arranging photography services and are not designed to collect personal information online directly from children.
Children may appear in photographs created as part of family, wedding, newborn, senior, or other photography services. These photographs are handled according to our client agreements, permissions, releases, and applicable law.
EMAIL AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
If you receive promotional emails from LS Photo Co., you may unsubscribe using the unsubscribe link included in the message or by contacting us.
Even if you unsubscribe from promotional communications, we may still send transactional or service-related communications concerning an inquiry, contract, payment, gallery, order, or photography service.
DATA SECURITY
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
No internet transmission, electronic storage system, or security measure can guarantee absolute security.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or integrate services operated by other companies, including client galleries, social-media platforms, payment services, or other providers.
LS Photo Co. does not control the privacy practices of independent third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those companies when interacting with their services.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our business practices, technology, services, or applicable law. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
CONTACT US
Questions about this Privacy Policy or requests concerning your personal information may be directed to:
LS Photo Co.
Email: lsphotoco@gmail.com
Website: www.lsphotoco.com
Mailing Address: 1445 1st Ave N. Suite 2, Fargo, ND 58102
Please include “Privacy Request” in the subject line when contacting us about your personal information.