Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you contact Mike Sutton Jr. Photography, request information, request a quote, use an interactive website feature, or ask to be contacted.

This information may include:

• Your name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Property or business information you choose to provide
• Questions, messages, or conversation content
• Information related to the photography services you are considering

You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the website.

2. AI Photography Assistant

Portions of mikesuttonjr.com may include an AI-powered photography assistant designed to answer questions about services, pricing, preparation, service areas, scheduling, and related topics.

Conversations with the assistant may be stored so that Mike Sutton Jr. Photography can maintain conversation continuity, improve the usefulness of the assistant, understand frequently asked questions, and review a conversation if you ask Mike to contact you directly.

If you request personal follow-up and provide your name and either an email address or phone number, that information may be associated with the relevant conversation so Mike can respond appropriately.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers, financial account information, passwords, medical information, or other information that is not necessary for a photography inquiry.

3. How We Use Your Information

Information collected through the website may be used to:

• Respond to questions and inquiries
• Provide requested photography information or quotes
• Follow up when you ask Mike to contact you
• Provide and improve website functionality
• Maintain continuity in AI assistant conversations
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Improve services, website content, and customer experience
• Protect the website from abuse, fraud, or security threats
• Comply with applicable legal obligations

4. Phone Numbers and SMS Notifications

If you provide a phone number when requesting contact from Mike Sutton Jr. Photography, that number is used for the purpose of responding to your inquiry and communicating with you about the photography services you requested information about.

Website visitors are not automatically enrolled in a marketing text message program by providing a phone number.

Mike Sutton Jr. Photography also uses an automated SMS system for internal business notifications. When a website visitor asks Mike to make personal contact and provides the required contact information, the system may send an automated alert to Mike's own mobile phone notifying him that a new lead is waiting for review.

These automated alerts are sent only to the business owner's mobile number. They are not automated promotional messages sent to website visitors.

5. Email Communications

If you provide an email address, Mike Sutton Jr. Photography may use it to respond to your inquiry, provide requested information, discuss a photography project, send invoices or project-related communications, or otherwise communicate in connection with a business relationship.

Your email address is not sold or rented to outside marketers.

6. Analytics and Website Usage Data

This website uses Google Analytics to help understand how visitors use the site. Analytics services may collect information such as browser type, device type, approximate geographic area, pages visited, referral source, and general interaction information.

This information is generally used in aggregated form to understand website traffic and improve the site.

Google may process information according to its own privacy policies and terms.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website and third-party services used by the website may use cookies, local storage, session storage, or similar browser technologies to support site functionality, analytics, preferences, and interactive features.

You may adjust your browser settings to limit or block cookies, although some website features may not function as intended if browser storage is disabled.

8. Service Providers

Mike Sutton Jr. Photography may use trusted third-party service providers to operate the website and related business systems. Depending on the feature being used, these providers may process limited information on behalf of Mike Sutton Jr. Photography.

Examples may include website hosting, analytics, AI technology, data storage, email services, payment processors, accounting services, and telecommunications providers.

Information is shared only as reasonably necessary for those providers to perform the relevant service or when required by law.

9. Payment Information

Payment transactions may be handled through third-party payment or accounting providers. Mike Sutton Jr. Photography does not intentionally collect or store complete payment-card information through this website.

Payment providers maintain their own privacy and security practices.

10. Data Retention

Information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, maintain business and project records, provide services, improve the website and AI assistant, resolve disputes, meet accounting requirements, and comply with legal obligations.

Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted, anonymized, or archived as appropriate.

11. Data Security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect information collected through the website. However, no website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should use reasonable care when deciding what information to submit online.

12. Third-Party Links

The website may contain links to third-party websites or services. Mike Sutton Jr. Photography is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, accuracy, or content of third-party websites.

Review the privacy policies of those services before providing personal information to them.

13. Children's Privacy

This website is intended for adults seeking professional photography services and is not directed to children under 13. Mike Sutton Jr. Photography does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website.

14. Your Privacy Choices

You may contact Mike Sutton Jr. Photography to ask about personal information you previously submitted through the website or to request that information be corrected or deleted when reasonably possible and subject to applicable business, legal, accounting, or recordkeeping requirements.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the website, business practices, technology, or legal requirements.

The effective date at the top of this page will be updated when material revisions are made.

16. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

Mike Sutton Jr. Photography
East Tennessee
Email: mike.sutton.jr@gmail.com
Text: 865-268-9835