Your child's security
and privacy are our
top priorities.
We use the PhotoDay platform to host and sell our school and sports/group images. PhotoDay has a strict privacy policy in place for photos we place online. This includes the biometrics information (FaceFind), if you choose to add a photo to find your child quickly.
(PhotoDay does not collect or process any other biometric information such as DNA, fingerprints, voice prints, or retina scans.)
What is the FaceFind reference file? This is an image you upload into the system in order for PhotoDay to find your child's photos quickly and easily. This photo is strictly used in this system for the sole purpose of finding your child's photos. This photo is not shared anywhere else in the system and no other person or entity can view this photo.
Biometric Information that is processed and used to identify an individual is considered sensitive personal information under some state privacy laws. By voluntarily uploading your photos on PhotoDay’s website, mobile applications, or other digital platforms, or otherwise using our services or purchasing our products, you confirm your continued consent to the processing of your Biometric Information for the LIMITED PURPOSE described herein. PhotoDay DOES NOT SELL OR SHARE Biometric Information and only processes it for the purposes stated above. PhotoDay does not collect or process Biometric Information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about any individual, user, or consumer; is ONLY USED to provide our services and products as reasonably expected by you; and is only disclosed with your consent except as needed to effectuate the purpose for which it was collected."
To read the entire policies and see how your privacy is regulated and maintained, click the links below:
At PhotoDay, we have always been at the cutting edge of image and data protection.
Security runs in our blood at PhotoDay. Our original CEO and Co-Founder worked on the front lines in law enforcement for decades before founding PhotoDay. The track record of PhotoDay, and our continuing position at the forefront of security in volume photography, speaks for itself:
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PhotoDay was one of the first certified and audited SOC2-compliant volume photography platforms in the world. SOC 2 is an independent, rigorous audit (done by outside experts) that checks how well we protect customer data against unauthorized access, breaches, and other risks. It covers security, privacy, and more. For you, it means trusted third parties have verified our systems and processes are solid.
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Every image in the PhotoDay database is protected by a significant security firewall, and any image access requires authenticated login access.
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To our knowledge, PhotoDay is the only platform in the photography industry that requires mobile or email verified accounts before anyone can access a picture day gallery. This provides an extra layer of verification and security that helps ensure only authorized customers can access the gallery.
Aside from employees at PICTURE THIS PHOTOGRAPHY that photographed the images (and only then behind an authentication wall), and the end consumers who have to set up a verified account, and who even then can only access galleries through the information explicitly provided by PICTURETHIS PHOTOGRAPHY—certain employees of PhotoDay are the only other people who can ever access images on the PhotoDay platform.
Only select full-time employees at PhotoDay have access to images and data whose job responsibilities require it. No investors, board members, parent company staff, or anyone outside those specific roles can ever access images or data. We never sell or provide access to photos to anyone outside of the PhotoDay ecosystem. All PhotoDay employees, whether they have access or not, go through extensive background checks before employment starts and as part of our annual SOC2 compliance audit.
Security is a constant battle against both technological advancements and bad actors, which requires ongoing vigilance, testing, and a total commitment to staying up to date with emerging threats. At PhotoDay, there is nothing we take more seriously.
— Alex Kovacevic
CEO, PhotoDay
Want Your Own Private Gallery?
Most of the time, your reference photo is not required to find your child's photo (as determined by each specific school or sport.) If it is required and you are not comfortable with this process, contact our studio and we can create an individual private gallery just for your student(s). (Note that any class photos with your child will still be available in the main gallery for purchase by other class mates.)