Last updated: 6 November 2026
At Eight Bells, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling your personal information responsibly. This policy explains how information is collected and used when you visit our website or contact us about photography services.
1. Who we are
Eight Bells is a photography business operated by Reuben Shaul, based in Morzine, France.
Data controller: Reuben Shaul
Address: 43 Chemin des Moulins, 74110 Morzine, France
Email: hello@eight-bells.com
Website: https://www.eight-bells.com
2. Information we collect
When you contact us through our website, we may collect:
- Your name and email address.
- Your telephone number, if provided.
- Details about your wedding, elopement or photography enquiry.
- Any additional information you choose to include in your message.
We may also collect limited technical information about website usage through cookies and analytics tools, subject to your consent where required.
3. How we use your information
We use your personal information to:
- Respond to enquiries and communicate about our services.
- Prepare quotations and arrange photography bookings.
- Manage client relationships and fulfil contractual obligations.
- Meet applicable legal and accounting requirements.
- Understand and improve our website through analytics, where consent has been given.
The legal basis for processing depends on the purpose. Enquiry and booking information is generally processed to take steps at your request before entering into a contract or to perform a contract. Certain records are retained to comply with legal obligations. Optional analytics cookies are used on the basis of consent.
4. Contact forms
Our website uses Fluent Forms to process contact form submissions.
Information submitted through our forms is used to respond to your enquiry and manage any resulting booking. Form submissions may be stored in our WordPress database and delivered to our business email account.
We do not sell your personal information.
5. Cookies and Google Analytics
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Necessary cookies support essential website functionality and the recording of your cookie preferences.
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, including which pages are visited and how visitors interact with the site.
We use Google Analytics 4, provided by Google, for website measurement. Analytics tracking is intended to operate only after you have consented to the relevant cookies.
You can accept, reject or customise optional cookies through our CookieYes consent banner.
You can also change or withdraw your consent at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the website footer.
Further details about individual cookies, their providers and retention periods are available through the cookie preference interface, where configured.
6. Sharing information with service providers
We use third-party service providers to operate our website, communicate with clients and provide photography services. These may include:
- Namecheap, for website hosting.
- Google, for website analytics and business email services.
- Fluent Forms, as the software used for website enquiries.
Depending on the service and its configuration, personal information may be processed outside the European Economic Area. Where applicable, international transfers must be supported by appropriate safeguards.
7. How long we retain information
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including handling enquiries, providing services and meeting legal obligations.
Different retention periods may apply to enquiries, client contracts, invoices and technical records.
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8. Your rights
Under applicable data protection law, you may have the right to:
- Access personal information held about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of information where applicable.
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Request data portability where applicable.
- Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
To exercise these rights, contact hello@eight-bells.com.
You may also lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the CNIL, at https://www.cnil.fr.
9. Data security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss or misuse.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes to our website, services or legal obligations. The latest version will be published on this page.