A little clarity.
Your privacy.

Who is responsible for your information?

BLOC Pictures Limited is responsible for the personal information collected through blocpictures.com. Nick Williamson is your contact for privacy questions. You can contact Nick through the enquiry page, marking your message “Privacy”, or write to BLOC Pictures Limited, Trebla, Delves Lane, Consett, County Durham, DH8 7ER. Company number: 13296079.

What information is collected?

When you enquire or request a brochure, the information you choose to provide may include your names, email address, phone number, wedding date, venue and message. Please only share information needed for your enquiry, and avoid sending sensitive details about yourself or other people through the general enquiry form.

Visiting the site also involves technical information such as your IP address, browser, device and requested pages being processed by the website host. Opening an embedded film or an external service can share technical information with that provider. Wedding films published here contain images and voices of the people appearing in them.

Why is your information used?

Enquiry details are used to reply, check availability, provide the brochure you requested and discuss a possible booking. Where you are considering booking, the lawful basis is taking steps at your request before entering a contract; where you book, it is performing that contract.

For general questions, website security, troubleshooting and managing correspondence, the basis is legitimate interests: running a reliable business and responding to people who contact BLOC. Information may also be kept where needed to meet legal obligations or handle legal claims. A brochure request is a request for that brochure; any separate marketing consent should be given separately.

Public wedding films form part of BLOC’s portfolio. If you appear in a film and have a privacy concern, please contact Nick with the film name and the part of the film concerned so it can be reviewed. Booking and film-delivery arrangements may involve further information explained when you book.

Services used by this website

• Studio Ninja provides the enquiry and brochure-request forms and processes information entered into them.
• Vercel hosts this website and processes technical information needed to deliver and protect it.
• Mux hosts embedded wedding films and thumbnails. Its player can process connection, device and playback information.
• WhatsApp opens when you choose the WhatsApp contact link. Information you send there is processed through WhatsApp as well as being received by BLOC.

These providers may use infrastructure outside the UK. Their privacy information explains their processing and international arrangements: Studio Ninja, Vercel, Mux and WhatsApp. Contact Nick if you need details about the safeguards relevant to your enquiry. Booking records may also be shared with professional advisers or authorities where required.

Cookies and embedded content

Embedded forms and video players are supplied by third parties and may use cookies or similar technologies under their own policies. External links take you to services with their own privacy settings. You can control cookies through your browser; blocking them may affect forms or playback. You can also use the enquiry form’s separate-window link if the embedded form does not work.

How long is information kept?

Information is kept for as long as it is needed for its purpose. For an enquiry, this depends on whether the conversation is ongoing, whether the wedding date is still relevant and whether it leads to a booking. Booking and financial records may need to be retained for accounting, legal and contractual purposes. Technical records depend on security needs and the provider’s retention settings. You can ask Nick about the retention or deletion of your particular information.

Your choices and rights

Depending on the circumstances, you can ask to access or correct your personal information, request its deletion, restrict its use or receive a portable copy. Where processing relies on consent, you can withdraw it without affecting earlier lawful processing.

You can object to processing based on legitimate interests. You can object to direct marketing at any time. Contact Nick using the details above. Enough information may be requested to verify your identity before dealing with your request.

You choose whether to provide enquiry information, but without contact details and relevant wedding information it may not be possible to reply or check availability. This website does not make booking decisions solely by automated means.

If you are unhappy with how your information is handled, please contact Nick. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK data protection regulator.

Updates to this notice

This page will be updated when the website’s services or use of information changes. The date above shows when it was last revised.