Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 2026
Appleby Photography respects your privacy and aims to handle personal information responsibly and transparently.
Who I am
Appleby Photography is operated by Hamish John Appleby, a professional photographer based in Melbourne, Australia.
For privacy enquiries, please contact:
Email: info@applebyphotography.com.au
Information collected through this website
This website is hosted by Squarespace.
When you visit the website, Squarespace may automatically process technical information such as browser and device information, pages visited, referring sources, and other information required to operate and secure the website.
Non-essential cookies are restricted unless you choose to accept them through the website’s cookie banner.
Cookies and website analytics
This website uses essential cookies required for the website to function.
Visitors can choose to accept, decline or manage non-essential cookies through the cookie banner and can change their cookie preferences later.
Where consent is given, Squarespace may use non-essential cookies to help provide website analytics and understand website performance.
Appleby Photography does not currently use Squarespace’s Activity Log to collect or view visitor IP address activity.
Contacting Appleby Photography
If you contact Appleby Photography by email, telephone or another communication method, I may retain information you provide, including your name, contact details and information relating to your photography enquiry or assignment.
This information may be used to:
respond to enquiries
prepare quotations and estimates
organise photography assignments
deliver photography services
issue invoices and maintain business records
communicate with clients about current or previous assignments
I do not sell or trade personal information.
Third-party websites and services
This website may contain links to third-party websites or services.
Third parties operate under their own privacy policies and may collect information independently when you use their services. Appleby Photography is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.
Hosting and data processing
This website is hosted by Squarespace.
Information processed through Squarespace may be stored or processed outside Australia, including in the United States and through geographically distributed infrastructure.
For further information about how Squarespace handles information, please refer to Squarespace’s Privacy Policy.
Security
Reasonable steps are taken to protect information held by Appleby Photography.
This website uses HTTPS/TLS encryption to help protect information transmitted between your browser and the website.
However, no method of electronic storage or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Access, correction and deletion
If you have provided personal information directly to Appleby Photography and would like to access, correct or request deletion of that information, please contact:
info@applebyphotography.com.au
I will respond to reasonable requests, subject to any legal, accounting or legitimate business record-keeping requirements.
Australian privacy law
Appleby Photography is a small Australian business.
Most Australian businesses with annual turnover of $3 million or less are not covered by the Privacy Act 1988, although there are exceptions depending on the type of business and activities undertaken.
Regardless of whether particular statutory obligations apply, Appleby Photography aims to handle personal information responsibly and transparently.
Changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to this website, business practices or applicable law.
The latest version will be published on this page.