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Privacy policy

Draft version · Last updated November 15, 2026

Draft — requires business review. This policy was prepared to describe how this website is built and has not been reviewed by a lawyer. Dege Photo should review it, fill in the items marked [to confirm], and adjust it to its actual practices before publishing. It does not claim compliance with any specific law or certification.

1. Who we are

This website is operated by Dege Photo, a real estate and family photography business run by Jake DeGennaro in Connecticut, USA (“Dege Photo”, “we”, “us”). You can reach us at jakedegephoto@gmail.com or 203-727-2860.

2. What information this website collects

This is a front-end-only website. It has no user accounts, no database, and no server-side form processing, and Dege Photo does not run analytics or advertising trackers on it.

  • Information you choose to send us. If you contact us by phone, text, email, Messenger, Calendly or social media, we receive what you send — typically your name, phone number, email address, session or property details, preferred dates, and any notes.
  • Technical information handled by our hosting provider. Like most websites, the server that delivers these pages may automatically log basic request data such as IP address, browser type and pages requested. [To confirm: hosting provider and its log-retention practices.]

3. How the booking request form works

The family/portrait request form on the Book & Contact page runs entirely in your browser. When you press “Prepare my request,” the website checks the form and assembles your details into a message on your screen. Nothing is transmitted or stored by the website.

Your details are only sent if you then choose to send them yourself — by opening your email app, your text messaging app, or Messenger, or by copying the text. Those messages travel through the provider you choose (for example your email provider, mobile carrier, or Meta) under that provider’s own privacy terms. A request is not a confirmed booking; Dege Photo confirms sessions directly with you.

4. Cookies and browser storage

  • The website itself does not set cookies.
  • The listing prep checklist saves which boxes you tick in your browser’s local storage, on your device only. It is never sent to us. You can clear it with the “Clear all ticks” button or by clearing your browser’s site data.
  • Third-party services described below may set their own cookies when you choose to load them.

5. Third-party services and embedded content

To limit data sharing, embedded third-party content on this site loads only after you click to open it.

  • Calendly — real estate shoots are scheduled through Calendly. If you open the scheduler or visit calendly.com/jakedegephoto, the information you enter is collected by Calendly and shared with Dege Photo to arrange your appointment, under Calendly’s privacy notice.
  • Instagram and Facebook (Meta) — videos on the Reels pages are embedded from Instagram and Facebook and load only when you press play. Once loaded, Meta may collect data and set cookies under Meta’s privacy policy. Links to our Instagram, Facebook and Messenger pages take you to Meta’s sites.
  • Google Fonts — the site’s typefaces are loaded from Google’s font servers, which receive your IP address and browser information when a page loads. See Google’s privacy policy. [To confirm: Dege Photo may choose to self-host fonts to avoid this.]
  • X (Twitter) — the footer links to our X profile; nothing from X is embedded.
  • Payment apps — if you pay by Venmo or PayPal, those services process your payment information under their own terms. No payments are taken on this website.

6. How we use the information you send us

  • To reply to your inquiry and schedule, reschedule or confirm a shoot.
  • To plan the session (for example the property address, location, or number of people).
  • To deliver your photos and handle payment.
  • To keep basic business records. [To confirm: how long inquiries and client records are kept.]

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with the service providers you use to contact or pay us, or where required by law.

Photos from your session

[To confirm: Dege Photo’s practice for sharing client session photos in its portfolio, website or social media, and how clients can opt out.]

7. Children

This website is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect information from them. Family and newborn sessions are arranged with parents or guardians.

8. Your choices

You can ask us what personal information we hold about you from your inquiries or sessions, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it where we are not required to keep it, by contacting us using the details below. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under applicable privacy laws. [To confirm with counsel: which state or other privacy laws apply to Dege Photo.]

9. Security

Because this website does not collect or store form submissions, there is no website database of your information. Please avoid sending sensitive information (such as financial account numbers) through email, text or social media messages.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the website or our practices change. The “last updated” date above shows when it was last revised.

11. Contact

Privacy questions or requests: jakedegephoto@gmail.com · 203-727-2860 (call or text).

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