Privacy

The short version: I collect what's needed to photograph you and run a small studio, nothing more. I don't sell information and I don't run ads. The one outside service that sees your visit is PostHog, for analytics, and you can turn it off below.

Effective October 5, 2026 · Captured Maya LLC, San Francisco

What this site collects

• Bookings & inquiries. When you book a session or send an inquiry, I keep your name, email, phone, session details, and — when you sign the session agreement — your electronic signature. These are the business records of working together, and they're retained as such.
• Payments. Handled entirely by a PCI-compliant payment processor. Your card number never touches my servers; I see only what a receipt would show.
• Galleries. Client galleries live behind private links. The gallery remembers which frames you favorite — that's how I know which images matter to you.
• Analytics. I use PostHog, an analytics service, to understand how the site is used: which pages are visited and which photographs lead people to the booking form. It records page views and a few actions, such as opening the booking form. It never records your screen or what you type into a form. PostHog keeps a random ID in a cookie so a return visit is recognised, and like any web request it receives your IP address and basic browser details. It runs on PostHog's US cloud, and nothing is shared with advertisers or data brokers. You can turn it off.

What never happens

• Your information is never sold, rented, or traded. To anyone.
• No advertising networks, no ad pixels, no cross-site trackers.
• No session-recording software watching you type.
• Photographs of you are never published or added to the public archive without your written consent — consent is part of the session agreement, never assumed.

Analytics and cookies

This site sets two cookies at most:

• PostHog's (named ph_…_posthog): the random analytics ID. It's set only while analytics is on.
• cm_analytics: set only if you turn analytics off, so the site remembers your choice. It holds nothing else.

Paying a reservation fee happens on Stripe's own checkout page, which sets its own cookies under Stripe's privacy policy.

The Alan Watts talk on the about page streams from the podcast's host, Art19, and only after you press play. Like any web request, Art19 receives your IP address and basic browser details, and the podcast may include its own sponsor messages. It sets no cookies here.

Turning it off stops PostHog loading on this browser at all, and removes its cookie. If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, it's already off.

Your choices

• Turn analytics off on this browser with the switch under Analytics and cookies.
• If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, analytics is off automatically, with no action needed.
• Clearing this site's data in your browser removes the analytics ID (and, if you'd turned analytics off, that choice too).
• Email ask@capturedmaya.com to ask what I hold about you, correct it, or have it deleted. California residents: this is your CCPA request address; I don't sell personal information, so there's no sale to opt out of.

Who touches the data

A small number of service providers, each doing one job: payment processing (Stripe), analytics (PostHog), email. Each receives only what its job requires, and none may use your information for anything else.

If this page changes in any way that matters, the date above changes with it. Questions — ask@capturedmaya.com.