PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: July 2019
Business: Akachi Media
Website: Akachi Media

Akachi Media (“Akachi Media,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using our website and services.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, when we may share it, and the choices available to you.

By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with Akachi Media, we may collect information such as:

Information You Provide Directly

When you contact us, submit a form, request information, schedule a consultation, inquire about services, or become a client, you may provide:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Wedding or event date

  • Event or venue information

  • Location information related to an event or session

  • Photography and videography preferences

  • Questionnaire responses

  • Engagement-session information

  • Communication preferences

  • Information included in messages or other communications

  • Other information you voluntarily provide

We only request information reasonably necessary for the applicable business purpose.

Payment and Transaction Information

If you purchase services or products from Akachi Media, payment transactions may be processed through third-party payment providers.

We may receive information necessary to identify and manage a transaction, such as payment status, transaction information, billing information, or partial payment details.

We generally do not need to store complete credit-card numbers ourselves.

Payment information may be processed directly by third-party payment processors and is subject to their privacy policies and security practices.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit the Website, certain information may automatically be collected by the Website, hosting provider, analytics services, or other technology, including:

  • IP address

  • Browser type

  • Device type

  • Operating system

  • Pages viewed

  • Referring website

  • Approximate geographic information

  • Date and time of visits

  • Website interaction information

  • Other technical information

This information may be used to maintain website functionality, analyze traffic, improve the Website, and protect against fraud or security threats.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, or similar technologies.

These technologies may help us:

  • Understand how visitors use the Website

  • Measure Website traffic

  • Improve Website performance

  • Remember certain preferences

  • Understand marketing effectiveness

  • Provide relevant functionality

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain Website features.

If third-party analytics or advertising technologies are used on the Website, those providers may collect information according to their own privacy policies.

3. How We Use Personal Information

Akachi Media may use information we collect to:

  • Respond to inquiries

  • Communicate with prospective and current clients

  • Provide photography and videography services

  • Prepare proposals, contracts, invoices, and other business documents

  • Schedule consultations and sessions

  • Coordinate wedding or event details

  • Deliver galleries and digital products

  • Process or facilitate payments

  • Provide customer support

  • Send requested information

  • Improve our Website and services

  • Understand Website traffic and usage

  • Prevent fraud, abuse, or security issues

  • Maintain business records

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Protect our legal rights and property

  • Send marketing communications where permitted by law

4. Client Communications

If you provide your email address, telephone number, or other contact information, Akachi Media may use that information to communicate with you regarding an inquiry, consultation, booking, wedding, engagement session, gallery, invoice, contract, or other business-related matter.

Where required by law, marketing communications will include an appropriate method to unsubscribe or opt out.

You may request that we stop sending non-essential marketing communications at any time.

5. How We Share Information

Akachi Media does not sell your personal information for money.

We may share information with trusted third parties when reasonably necessary to operate our business and provide services.

These may include:

  • Website hosting providers

  • Client-gallery and file-delivery platforms

  • Contract and proposal platforms

  • Scheduling services

  • Payment processors

  • Email and communication providers

  • Cloud-storage providers

  • Accounting and bookkeeping providers

  • Website analytics providers

  • Marketing and advertising platforms

  • Professional advisors

  • Legal or governmental authorities when required

  • Contractors or team members when necessary to provide contracted services

Third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies.

We do not authorize third parties to use your personal information for purposes unrelated to providing their services to Akachi Media except as otherwise permitted by law or disclosed by that provider.

6. Photography and Videography

As part of providing photography and videography services, Akachi Media may collect and process photographs, video footage, audio recordings, names, event information, and other media containing identifiable individuals.

The use, storage, delivery, publication, and licensing of client photographs and video may also be governed by the applicable client agreement.

If you are a wedding guest or other individual appearing in imagery created for a client, your information may have been captured incidentally as part of the event.

7. Portfolio and Marketing Use

Akachi Media may use photographs, videos, testimonials, or other materials for portfolio, website, social-media, advertising, promotional, educational, or other business purposes when authorized by the applicable client agreement or otherwise permitted by law.

Any specific permissions or restrictions regarding portfolio or promotional use are governed by the applicable client agreement.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing services, maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and complying with legal obligations.

Photography and video files may be retained according to Akachi Media's applicable client agreement, storage practices, and business needs.

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

9. Data Security

Akachi Media takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by us.

You should use caution when transmitting sensitive information online.

10. Third-Party Services

The Website may use or link to third-party services, including social-media platforms, payment processors, scheduling tools, client galleries, analytics providers, cloud-storage platforms, and other services.

Akachi Media is not responsible for the privacy practices or security of third-party services.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party service before providing information through that service.

11. Children's Privacy

The Website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental or legal authorization.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate authorization, please contact us so we can evaluate and, where appropriate, delete the information.

12. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, which may include the ability to:

  • Request access to personal information we maintain about you

  • Request correction of inaccurate information

  • Request deletion of certain personal information

  • Opt out of certain marketing communications

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

  • Request information about how your information is used or shared

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions and limitations.

To make a privacy-related request, contact Akachi Media using the contact information provided on the Website.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

13. Email Marketing

If you voluntarily subscribe to marketing communications, we may send emails regarding Akachi Media services, educational content, promotions, announcements, wedding-related resources, or other business updates.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe mechanism included in the communication.

Opting out of marketing communications will not necessarily prevent us from sending important transactional or service-related communications.

14. Do Not Track

Some web browsers provide a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is not currently a universally accepted standard for responding to these signals, the Website may not respond to all browser-based Do Not Track signals.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our practices, technology, legal requirements, or services.

When changes are made, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Your continued use of the Website after an updated Privacy Policy is posted constitutes acknowledgment of the updated policy.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact:

Akachi Media
Metro Detroit, Michigan
Website: Akachi Media

Please use the contact information provided on the Website for current contact information.