Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 24, 2026

August 23 Media respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains what information August 23 Media may collect when you visit august23media.com, subscribe to our emails, contact us, or make a purchase. It also explains how that information may be used, stored, and shared.

In this policy, “August 23 Media,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to August 23 Media. “Website” refers to august23media.com.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Subscribe to our email list

  • Complete a contact form

  • Send us an email

  • Place an order

  • Request information about a product, print, class, or service

  • Communicate with us through the website

This information may include:

  • Your first and last name

  • Your email address

  • Your shipping or mailing address

  • Your billing information

  • Your order and transaction details

  • Information you include in a message or contact form

  • Any other information you choose to provide

You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the website. However, some information may be necessary to place an order, receive email updates, or use certain website features.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically. This information may include:

  • Your Internet Protocol address

  • Your browser type

  • Your device type and operating system

  • The pages you visit

  • The date and time of your visit

  • The website or search engine that referred you

  • General information about how you use the website

This information is generally used to operate, secure, and improve the website. It is not intended to personally identify you by itself.

Payment Information

Purchases may be processed through third-party payment providers, such as Stripe, PayPal, or another payment service offered through the website.

Complete payment card information is processed by the payment provider rather than directly by August 23 Media. We may receive limited transaction information, such as your name, order details, payment status, transaction number, and the last digits of the payment method used.

Payment providers have their own privacy policies and security practices.

How We Use Your Information

August 23 Media may use the information collected to:

  • Operate and maintain the website

  • Process and fulfill orders

  • Arrange shipping or print fulfillment

  • Respond to questions and contact requests

  • Provide customer service

  • Send order confirmations and service-related messages

  • Send Photo Journal updates and other emails you requested

  • Share information about prints, classes, website updates, or other August 23 Media projects

  • Improve the website, products, services, and customer experience

  • Understand how visitors use the website

  • Detect fraud, abuse, security threats, or technical problems

  • Maintain business, tax, and transaction records

  • Comply with legal or regulatory requirements

We will not use your personal information for purposes that are materially different from those described in this policy without updating the policy or obtaining consent when required.

Email Communications

When you subscribe to August 23 Media, we may use your name and email address to send:

  • New Photo Journal entries

  • Photography stories and field notes

  • Website news and updates

  • Information about prints or limited editions

  • Photography lessons or class information

  • Occasional business or promotional announcements

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included at the bottom of the email.

Unsubscribing from marketing messages will not prevent us from sending necessary transactional messages, such as order confirmations, shipping information, receipts, or direct responses to questions you have submitted.

We do not purchase email lists, and we do not knowingly add people to our marketing list without permission.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies or similar technologies when certain third-party services or integrations are enabled.

These services may include:

  • Website analytics

  • Embedded videos or media

  • Social-media features

  • Payment services

  • Email subscription forms

  • Advertising or measurement tools

Cookies are small files placed on your device that may help a website remember preferences, understand website traffic, or provide certain features.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect how some parts of the website work.

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is not currently one universal standard for responding to these signals, the website may not automatically respond to every Do Not Track request.

How We Share Information

August 23 Media does not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate the website and business. These may include:

  • Website hosting providers

  • Email marketing services

  • Payment processors

  • Shipping companies

  • Print-production or order-fulfillment providers

  • Website analytics providers

  • Fraud-prevention and security services

  • Professional advisers, such as accountants or legal advisers

These providers receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their services.

We may also disclose information when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with a law, court order, subpoena, or legal process

  • Protect our legal rights

  • Investigate suspected fraud or unlawful activity

  • Protect the safety of August 23 Media, our customers, or others

  • Respond to a lawful government request

If August 23 Media is sold, reorganized, or transferred, information connected to the business may be included as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

Third-Party Services

August 23 Media uses third-party services to operate portions of the website and business. These companies may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies.

Third-party services may include website hosting, email marketing, payment processing, shipping, print fulfillment, analytics, social media, or publishing platforms.

When you interact directly with one of these services, the privacy policy of that service may also apply.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

The length of time information is retained may depend on:

  • Whether you remain subscribed to our emails

  • Whether an order or customer-service matter remains active

  • Accounting and tax-record requirements

  • Fraud-prevention and security needs

  • Legal obligations

  • The need to resolve disputes or enforce agreements

When information is no longer reasonably needed, it may be deleted, anonymized, or securely stored until deletion is practical.

Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request:

  • Access to personal information we hold about you

  • Correction of inaccurate information

  • Deletion of certain personal information

  • A copy of information you provided

  • Restriction of certain processing

  • Withdrawal of consent

  • Objection to certain uses of your information

  • Information about how your data has been used or shared

You may also unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time.

To submit a privacy request, email james@august23media.com.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Certain information may need to be retained when required for legal, accounting, transaction, security, or recordkeeping purposes.

You will not be treated differently for making a legitimate privacy request.

Legal Bases for Processing

For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other locations requiring a legal basis for processing, we may process personal information based on:

  • Your consent

  • The need to fulfill an order or agreement

  • Our legitimate interest in operating and improving the website

  • Our legitimate interest in responding to customer requests

  • Fraud prevention and website security

  • Compliance with legal obligations

You may withdraw consent when processing is based on consent. Withdrawal will not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

International Data Transfers

August 23 Media is based in the United States.

Some service providers may operate or store information in the United States or other countries. Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live.

By using the website or providing information, you understand that your information may be processed in countries outside your place of residence, subject to applicable legal protections.

Information Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational steps to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure.

However, no website, online service, email system, or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information electronically at your own risk.

Please do not send passwords, complete payment-card numbers, Social Security numbers, or other highly sensitive information through the website’s contact forms or ordinary email.

Children’s Privacy

The website is not directed toward children under the age of 13, and August 23 Media does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website, contact us at james@august23media.com so we can review and delete the information when appropriate.

Links to Other Websites

The website may contain links to websites, social-media platforms, stores, or services that are not operated by August 23 Media.

We are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of those outside websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as the website, business, services, or legal requirements change.

When the policy is updated, the revised version will be posted on this page and the “Last updated” date will be changed.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

Contact Information

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be sent to:

August 23 Media
Website: august23media.com
Email: james@august23media.com