Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 7, 2026

DM Creative Studios respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, protect, and share information when you visit https://www.dmcreativestudios.com, submit a contact form, request a website review, inquire about a project, or otherwise interact with our website.

This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through this website. It does not apply to information collected offline, through third-party websites, or through services that are not controlled by DM Creative Studios.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.dmcreativestudios.com.

DM Creative Studios is a creative, branding, web design, development, content, and digital marketing studio based in Gainesville, Florida.

Business name: DM Creative Studios
Phone: 352.219.4571
Email: info@dmcreativestudios.com

Information We Collect

We collect information in a limited number of ways, including information you choose to provide and information that may be collected automatically through website technology.

Information You Provide Through Forms

When you submit a form on our website, we may collect the information you provide, such as:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Company name
  • Website URL
  • Phone number, if provided
  • Budget information
  • Project deadline or timeline
  • Business, website, branding, marketing, or design goals
  • Information included in your message, project inquiry, or website review request

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through our website forms, such as Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, medical information, passwords, or other confidential information that is not necessary for a general project inquiry.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, security tools, analytics tools, cookie consent tools, WordPress-related technology, or similar services. This may include:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Referring website or search engine
  • Date and time of visit
  • General usage and performance data
  • Cookie and consent preference data
  • Accessibility, language, or display preferences, where applicable

How We Use Information

DM Creative Studios may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To respond to website inquiries
  • To provide website reviews, audits, or project feedback when requested
  • To communicate with you about a potential project or requested service
  • To evaluate project needs, goals, budget, timeline, and scope
  • To schedule consultations or follow-up conversations
  • To provide branding, design, development, marketing, SEO, content, photography, or related creative services
  • To maintain, operate, secure, and improve the website
  • To understand how visitors use the website
  • To help protect the website from spam, abuse, unauthorized access, and security threats
  • To comply with applicable business, legal, accounting, tax, or administrative obligations

We do not use website form submissions to make automated decisions about visitors.

Contact Forms and Website Review Requests

Our website uses online forms to allow visitors to contact DM Creative Studios, request project information, or request a website review. Form submissions may be processed through WordPress, website form tools, our hosting environment, email delivery tools, CAPTCHA or human-verification tools, and related website technology.

When you submit a form, the information you provide may be stored in the website database, delivered by email to our team, or retained for business follow-up purposes. We use this information only for legitimate business purposes related to your inquiry, project, or requested website review.

By submitting a contact form or project inquiry, you agree that DM Creative Studios may contact you by email, phone, or text message regarding your inquiry. Message and data rates may apply for text messages. You may ask us not to contact you again at any time.

Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Similar Tools

Depending on the current website configuration, DM Creative Studios may use Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, or similar analytics tools to help us understand how visitors use our website and to improve website performance, usability, content, and marketing.

Analytics tools may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the website, browser type, device type, general location data, referral source, and other usage information. These tools may use cookies or similar technologies.

Google may process information according to its own privacy practices. You can learn more about how Google uses information from websites and apps that use Google services here:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

You can also review Google’s Privacy Policy here:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Visitors may be able to control or limit certain analytics cookies through our cookie consent tool, browser settings, or opt-out tools provided by Google or other analytics providers.

Marketing, Advertising, and Remarketing Tools

Depending on the tools enabled on the website, we may use marketing, advertising, or remarketing technologies to understand general website performance, measure campaign effectiveness, or show relevant content and advertising.

These tools may use cookies, pixels, tags, or similar technologies. If such tools are enabled, visitors may be able to accept, reject, or manage certain categories of cookies through our cookie consent tool, browser settings, or privacy tools provided by the relevant platform.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to support website functionality, analytics, security, accessibility features, performance, marketing, and user preferences.

Cookies may be used for purposes such as:

  • Remembering cookie consent choices
  • Supporting basic website functionality
  • Supporting website security and spam prevention
  • Measuring website traffic and performance
  • Helping pages load more efficiently
  • Remembering accessibility toolbar preferences
  • Supporting form functionality and human verification
  • Supporting WordPress administrator login sessions
  • Understanding general marketing or campaign performance, if enabled

Depending on your location, browser settings, and the tools enabled on the website, you may be able to accept, reject, or manage certain categories of cookies through our cookie consent tool.

You can also adjust your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. Some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Website Plugins and Third-Party Tools

Our website is built with WordPress and may use plugins and third-party tools to provide design, forms, performance, security, accessibility, analytics, SEO, marketing, cookie consent, and related website functionality.

These tools may process limited technical information as needed to provide their services. Examples may include:

  • WordPress: used to build, display, and manage website content.
  • Website form tools: used to collect and process contact forms, project inquiries, and website review requests.
  • CAPTCHA or human-verification tools: used to help protect forms from spam and abuse.
  • Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, or similar analytics tools: used only if enabled to measure website traffic and usage.
  • Cookie consent tools: used to display cookie notices and manage visitor cookie preferences.
  • Accessibility tools: used to provide accessibility features and may remember accessibility-related preferences selected by visitors.
  • SEO, caching, image optimization, and performance tools: used to improve website visibility, speed, and functionality.
  • Security tools: used to help protect the website from unauthorized access, spam, abuse, malware, and other security threats.

Third-party providers may have their own privacy policies and data practices. We do not control the privacy practices of third-party providers.

Accessibility Tools

Our website may use accessibility tools to help improve usability for visitors. These tools may allow visitors to adjust visual settings, contrast, text size, navigation options, language options, or other display preferences.

Accessibility-related tools may use cookies or local storage to remember selected preferences. These tools are provided to support usability and do not replace our ongoing efforts to improve website accessibility.

Security and Spam Prevention

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and security measures to help protect the website and information submitted through it. This may include hosting security, firewall tools, login protection, malware scanning, spam prevention, CAPTCHA or human-verification tools, and review of suspicious activity.

No website, server, email system, online form, or online transmission is completely secure. We cannot guarantee that information submitted through the website will be completely protected from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure.

Portfolio, Case Studies, Testimonials, and Project Materials

Our website may display portfolio work, case studies, client stories, testimonials, project descriptions, photography, branding examples, website screenshots, or other creative work.

We make reasonable efforts to use project materials, testimonials, and client references in accordance with applicable permissions, agreements, or business practices. If you have questions about a portfolio item, case study, image, or testimonial displayed on our website, please contact us.

Comments and Public User Accounts

Our website is not intended to provide public visitor accounts or public comment areas for general website visitors.

If public comments or visitor account registration are enabled in the future, we may collect information submitted through those features, along with related technical information such as IP address, browser user agent, and spam-prevention data.

Media Uploads

General website visitors are not intended to upload images, videos, documents, or media files directly to this website unless a specific upload feature is provided.

If image or file uploads are enabled in the future, uploaded files may contain embedded metadata, including location data. Visitors should avoid uploading images with embedded location data or other unnecessary personal information.

Embedded Content and Links to Other Websites

Our website may include links to third-party websites or embedded content, such as maps, videos, images, social media links, portfolio links, client websites, or other external resources.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited that website directly. These third-party websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with their content.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, policies, or security of third-party websites.

Social Media

Our website may link to social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, or other platforms. If you interact with those platforms, they may collect information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

Who We Share Information With

We do not sell personal information for money.

We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate the website, respond to inquiries, provide creative or marketing services, maintain security, analyze website usage, manage cookie preferences, deliver email, provide business support, or perform administrative functions.

These may include website hosting providers, email providers, form tools, analytics providers, advertising or marketing platforms if enabled, security tools, cookie consent tools, accessibility tools, and website maintenance providers.

We may also disclose information if required to do so by law, legal process, court order, government request, or to protect the rights, safety, property, or security of DM Creative Studios, our website, our clients, our visitors, or others.

How Long We Retain Information

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose it was collected, including business communication, project follow-up, website administration, service delivery, legal compliance, accounting, security, and recordkeeping purposes.

Contact form submissions and project inquiries may be retained for business follow-up and administrative purposes unless deletion is requested and we are not required to retain the information for legal, accounting, security, contractual, or legitimate business reasons.

Analytics, cookie, and technical data may be retained according to the settings of our analytics tools, hosting provider, security tools, cookie consent tools, and related website systems.

Your Choices and Privacy Rights

You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information you have submitted through the website, subject to legal, security, accounting, contractual, or legitimate business retention requirements.

You may also ask us to stop contacting you regarding a website inquiry.

You may manage cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through our cookie consent tool.

To make a privacy-related request, contact us at:

info@dmcreativestudios.com

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is intended for businesses, organizations, entrepreneurs, and adults interested in branding, web design, digital marketing, content, photography, and related creative services. It is not directed to children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers may send “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is not a uniform industry standard for responding to these signals, our website may not respond to them automatically. Visitors may manage cookies through browser settings and, where available, through our cookie consent tool.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, plugins, tools, services, business practices, legal requirements, or privacy practices.

When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us:

DM Creative Studios
Gainesville, Florida
Phone: 352.219.4571
Email: info@dmcreativestudios.com
Website: https://www.dmcreativestudios.com