Privacy policy.
Last updated: October 2026
1. Who We Are
Cesare House is an independent photography studio based in the United Kingdom. We make limited-edition fine art photography books with real people.
Data Controller: Cesare House
Contact: hello@cesarehouse.com
2. Information We Collect
When You Apply to Model
If you submit a modelling application, we collect:
- Name and email address
- Your phone number, if you give it
- Preferred city/location
- Which projects interest you
- Social media handles (if provided)
- A photo of your face
- Your reasons for applying
- How you heard about us, and the name of the person who referred you if you tell us
- Which page you first arrived on and, if you followed a campaign link, which campaign (for example, an Instagram post for a Berlin shoot)
- If you applied to us or worked with us in the past: notes the studio made about you, and your date of birth and gender if you gave them to us then
- Your IP address and browser type when you send the form, kept in our security logs for 90 days to help us spot and stop abuse
This information is collected solely to assess whether we might work together. It is not used for marketing or shared with third parties.
If We Invite You to a Call
If we'd like to speak with you, we email you a personal link to book a short video call. When you book and take part, we collect or receive:
- The time you book, and your name and email address, through our booking service (Calendly). If you choose to give a mobile number for a text reminder, Calendly uses it only for that.
- Whether you opened your booking link and whether you booked, cancelled or rescheduled, so we know our email reached you and don't chase you unnecessarily
- Whether our emails to you were delivered, as reported by our email provider (Resend). We don't track whether you open our emails.
- A short note of what we agreed after the call, for example that we'll send you shoot dates
The call itself takes place on Zoom. We don't record calls.
When You Join a Waitlist
If you sign up for a book waitlist, we collect:
- Name and email address
- The date you signed up and the date you confirmed, and which version of the sign-up wording you saw, so we can show you agreed
This is used only to tell you when pre-orders open and for related emails about that book. We ask for your consent on the form, then email you a link to confirm your address. You're only on the list once you've confirmed. You can unsubscribe at any time from the link in any of our emails, or by replying to one.
Website Visitors
For general website visitors, we collect minimal data:
- Age verification confirmation (stored locally on your device, not on our servers)
- Anonymous visit statistics via Plausible Analytics: the pages viewed, the referring website or campaign, your country, region and city (from your IP address, which is not stored), and device and browser type. Plausible uses no cookies, does not track you across other websites, and does not build a profile of you. All data is aggregated and hosted in the EU.
We use these statistics to understand which pages are useful, where visitors leave the site, and whether our campaigns in different cities are reaching people. They cannot be used to identify you.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use personal information to:
- Review and respond to modelling applications
- Understand which campaigns and referrals bring people to us, and thank people who refer others
- Arrange calls with applicants, and send one reminder if a booking link hasn't been used
- Notify waitlist members when pre-orders open
- Communicate about shoots and related matters
- Comply with legal and contractual obligations
4. Cookies and Local Storage
Local Storage
We use your browser's local storage for:
- Age verification: Remembers that you've confirmed you're 18+ so you don't see the notice on every visit. This data stays on your device and is never sent to our servers.
- First page of your visit: For the length of your browser tab session only, we remember the page you arrived on and any campaign link you followed. It is sent to us only if you submit an application or join a waitlist, so we know which campaign brought you. It is cleared when you close the tab.
We do not use cookies of any kind, and we do not use advertising or cross-site tracking technologies.
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We may share information with:
- Service providers: Secure hosting and storage (Cloudflare), our talent platform (EqualFrame, UK/EU-hosted), email delivery (Resend), call booking (Calendly), video calls (Zoom), data storage (Airtable) and anonymous website statistics (Plausible, EU-hosted), who process data on our behalf under data processing agreements. Some of these providers are based in the United States; where your data is transferred outside the UK or EU, it is protected by the safeguards the law requires.
- Legal requirements: If required by law, court order, or to protect our legal rights
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical measures to protect your data, including:
- Encrypted connections (HTTPS) for all data transmission
- Secure, access-controlled data storage
- Limited access to personal data on a need-to-know basis
- Regular review of our security practices
7. Data Retention
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy:
- Model applications: Retained for up to 2 years after our last contact with you if unsuccessful, to consider you for future projects. This includes your photo. This includes booking records and notes from any call. You can request earlier deletion at any time.
- Waitlist signups: If you don't confirm your email within 30 days, we delete your signup. Once you've confirmed, we keep your name and email until the book is published and sold, and for no more than 2 years. If you unsubscribe, we delete your name and email straight away.
- Models we have photographed: Your record (including your photo and contact details) is retained for 7 years, in line with your model release.
- Model releases and contracts: Retained for a minimum of 6 years for legal and licensing purposes
- Backups: We keep encrypted weekly backups of our records, stored in the EU, for 26 weeks. When we delete your data, any copy in a backup expires within 26 weeks. If we ever restore a backup, we delete your data again first.
8. Your Rights (UK GDPR)
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
- Access: Request a copy of your personal data
- Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
- Erasure: Request deletion of your data (subject to legal retention requirements)
- Restriction: Request limited processing of your data
- Portability: Receive your data in a portable format
- Objection: Object to certain processing activities
To exercise these rights, contact us at hello@cesarehouse.com. We will respond within one month.
9. Age Restrictions
Our website contains artistic nudity and is intended for adults only. You must be at least 18 years old to:
- View content on this website
- Apply to model
- Participate in any shoots
We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, please contact us immediately.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Significant changes will be communicated via email to those whose data we hold, or prominently displayed on our website.
11. Contact Us
For any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices:
Email: hello@cesarehouse.com
12. Complaints
If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):