Last updated: January 12th, 2026
Khalil Studios (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a Tampa, Florida photography business specializing in portrait, headshot, and personal branding photography. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose personal information through www.khalilstudios.com, our communications, and our photography services.
Information We Collect
Information you provide. When you submit an inquiry, contact us, or arrange a session, we collect information you choose to share. This may include your name, email address, session type, project budget, how you heard about us, and details about your project. If you become a client, we may also collect contact details, scheduling information, correspondence, signed agreements, model releases, photographs, and information needed to provide our services.
Please do not submit payment card details, government identification numbers, or sensitive personal information through our website contact form.
Website usage information. We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and interact with our website. Depending on your browser settings, consent choices, and our Analytics configuration, this may include pages viewed, interactions, referral sources, approximate location, device and browser information, and cookie or similar identifiers.
Our website and hosting providers may also process technical information, such as IP addresses and server logs, to deliver and protect the website.
How We Use Information
We use personal information to:
- Respond to inquiries and discuss photography projects.
- Prepare proposals, coordinate sessions, and communicate with clients.
- Create, edit, organize, and deliver photographs.
- Maintain agreements, model releases, and business records.
- Understand website performance and improve our services.
- Protect our website, prevent misuse, and meet legal obligations.
- Use photographs and related identifying information as authorized by the applicable model release or other permission.
Submitting an inquiry does not, by itself, authorize public use of your likeness or enroll you in a marketing mailing list.
Photographs and Model Releases
We use a separate model release for each shoot. That release describes the permission granted to use a participant’s likeness and any related information for the purposes specified in the release.
This Privacy Policy does not expand or replace those permissions. Requests concerning published photographs or future use of your likeness will be evaluated under the applicable release and law. A request does not automatically revoke a signed release or require removal of every previously authorized use.
For sessions involving minors, an authorized parent or legal guardian must complete the applicable agreements and permissions.
Cookies and Google Analytics
Cookies are small files stored on your device. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to help us measure website traffic and understand visitor activity.
Google’s processing of information is explained at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and in Google’s Privacy Policy.
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Google also offers a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for supported browsers. Blocking cookies may affect some website functions.
Where applicable law requires consent for analytics technologies, we obtain that consent before using them. You may withdraw consent through the consent controls provided on the website, where applicable.
How We Disclose Information
We disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
- Service providers: Support website hosting, inquiry handling, email, file storage, gallery delivery, business administration, and other services used to operate Khalil Studios.
- Google Analytics: Measure and report on website usage as described above.
- Authorized recipients: Deliver photographs to you or other recipients authorized for your project.
- Public audiences: Display photographs and related information within the permission granted by the applicable model release or other authorization.
- Legal and protective purposes: Comply with legal obligations, respond to valid legal requests, enforce agreements, or protect rights, property, and safety.
Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including providing services, maintaining business records, documenting image permissions, resolving disputes, and meeting legal obligations.
Retention periods vary by information type. Signed agreements and model releases may be retained longer than routine inquiries. This policy does not promise permanent storage of photographs or client galleries; any storage commitments are stated in your photography agreement.
Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the information we handle. No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
Your Choices and Requests
You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information. Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may have additional privacy rights.
We may need to verify your identity before responding. Some information may be retained where permitted or required by law, including records needed to document agreements, permissions, or legal claims.
To make a request, email hello@khalilstudios.com.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is intended for adults arranging photography services and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through the website.
If you believe a child has submitted information without appropriate parental involvement, please contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
Third-Party Websites
Our website may link to social media, publications, or other third-party websites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies.
Visitors Outside the United States
Khalil Studios operates in the United States. Information may be processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate. Privacy laws in those locations may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post the updated version here and revise the date above. We will provide additional notice or obtain consent where required by law.
Contact
Khalil Studios
Tampa, Florida
Email: hello@khalilstudios.com
Website: www.khalilstudios.com