You keep ownership of your content.
Talent and client media remains yours unless a separate written agreement states otherwise.
SAM Studio protects the account data, booking details, profile information, media, creative submissions, community activity, device data, and consent records shared through our website and SAM mobile applications.
Talent and client media remains yours unless a separate written agreement states otherwise.
Information is used to run SAM Studio services, manage bookings, review profiles, and improve the platform.
Access, correction, consent withdrawal, export, and account deletion are available subject to legal, accounting, safety, and contractual requirements.
This Privacy Policy applies to samstudio.ae, the SAM Studio mobile applications, and related SAM Studio services, including talent registration and profiles, casting and opportunities, bookings and projects, studio and production services, rentals, training, professional services, community features, rewards, competitions, support, rights and consent workflows, notifications, and account services.
SAM Studio operates as a photography studio, creative production service, talent management platform, modeling agency, freelancer and professional network, and digital platform based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Website: https://samstudio.ae
Mobile application: SAM Studio / SAM Mobile for guests, registered talent, professionals, and clients.
Services: Photography, videography, talent profiles, casting, bookings, studio rental, creative production, rentals, training, professional services, community features, rewards, competitions, and event support.
We collect only information reasonably required to operate SAM Studio, provide requested services, protect users and the platform, meet contractual and legal obligations, and improve the experience. Depending on how you use SAM, this may include:
Name, email, phone number, date of birth, gender, nationality, selected location, account identifiers, login and security events, communication preferences, and the roles or workspaces associated with your account.
Photos, videos, portfolio files, measurements, appearance details, skills, experience, languages, availability, rates, professional roles, social links, readiness evidence, verification submissions, and profile status.
Project briefs, casting requests, shortlists, booking details, schedules, service preferences, production selections, messages, files, invoices, payment status, transaction references, reviews, disputes, support records, and project history.
App version, operating system and device type, session and security information, push-notification device tokens, notification preferences, deep-link activity, and limited diagnostic or performance events where enabled. Push tokens are used to deliver SAM notifications and are not used as advertising identifiers.
Pulse or community posts, captions, reactions or appreciations, likes, saves, follows, referral activity, competition participation, rewards or challenge activity, blocks, reports, moderation status, and related safety signals.
For Child or Teen talent profiles, we may collect age information and, where required, guardian name, contact details, relationship, consent records, eligibility evidence, and records needed to protect the minor and administer the account.
Terms and privacy acceptance versions, marketing choices, media and booking usage grants, approval or withdrawal records, contract-related consent, and evidence needed to document how content may be used.
Rental requests, dates, contracts, deposits, handover and return records, evidence or insurance documents where required, and professional or provider verification information. Supporting documents are reviewed for the relevant process and are not made public unless clearly indicated.
IP address, browser and device information, cookies, login activity, security events, rate-limit and abuse-prevention signals, website usage, and analytics information where permitted.
The mobile app may request camera or photo access only when you choose to take or select media. Where the operating system provides a limited photo picker, SAM receives the media you select rather than unrestricted access to your photo library.
If you enable Face ID or another device biometric to unlock SAM, biometric matching is performed by your device. SAM does not receive or store your Face ID image, fingerprint, or biometric template.
We use collected information only for legitimate SAM Studio purposes, including:
If you register as talent, a model, influencer, stylist, trainer, performer, freelancer, creator, or service provider, you may upload photos, videos, portfolio files, professional information, community posts, evidence, or other creative material.
You are responsible for ensuring that content you submit is accurate, lawful, appropriate for the service, and owned by you or submitted with the necessary permission.
By submitting media to SAM Studio, you allow SAM to process and display it for the purpose for which you submitted it, such as your profile, casting or booking review, a project, training or readiness evidence, a competition, community publishing, or promotion of your SAM profile or the SAM platform. Separate booking, campaign, model-release, usage-rights, or written agreements may grant additional rights and will control where they apply.
User-generated content may be reviewed or moderated. SAM may restrict, hide, reject, or remove content, or restrict an account, where necessary to enforce our Terms, Community Guidelines, safety standards, legal obligations, rights requirements, or platform integrity.
We do not sell your portfolio media as standalone content to third parties without your permission or another valid contractual or legal basis.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data. We may share only the information reasonably necessary to provide, secure, support, or legally operate a SAM service.
Relevant profile, portfolio, availability, booking, schedule, project, rights, or communication information may be shared with authorized participants for casting, production, booking, or service delivery.
Providers supporting hosting, cloud infrastructure, media delivery, email, push notifications, payments, analytics or diagnostics, security, customer support, storage, and other operational services may process limited data on SAM's behalf.
Payment processors may receive the information necessary to process a transaction. SAM generally receives transaction references, status, booking or invoice information rather than full payment-card credentials.
Project-related partners such as makeup artists, stylists, photographers, videographers, venues, rental providers, trainers, or coordinators may receive information necessary to perform the agreed service.
Information may be disclosed to authorities, regulators, legal advisers, insurers, auditors, or other appropriate parties where reasonably necessary for law, safeguarding, fraud prevention, rights enforcement, security, disputes, or legal claims.
When you use the mobile app, operating-system and app-distribution providers may process device, download, purchase, notification, diagnostic, or account-related information under their own terms and privacy practices.
We require service providers and other processors acting for SAM to handle personal data only for authorized purposes and to provide privacy and security protections consistent with applicable law, our agreements, and the protections described in this policy.
We use technical and organizational measures intended to protect personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
No online platform can guarantee absolute security. Protect your password and device, use biometric or device security where available, and contact SAM promptly if you suspect unauthorized account access.
Our website may use cookies and similar storage to support login sessions, remember preferences, improve performance, analyze permitted traffic, secure forms, and support embedded services.
The SAM mobile app may use secure device storage, local cache, image cache, and similar technologies to preserve sessions, preferences, recently loaded content, and performance. Private cached data is managed in connection with the signed-in account and should be cleared or invalidated when the relevant session is ended or replaced.
Where analytics or crash diagnostics are enabled, we may process limited technical events such as app version, device/OS type, screen or feature events, error information, and performance data. We use these signals to operate, secure, and improve SAM and not to sell personal data.
Embedded or external services may process information under their own privacy policies. We will request operating-system permissions where required and will not use camera, photo, notification, or other permissions for unrelated purposes.
Subject to applicable law, contracts, safety obligations, and legitimate record-keeping requirements, you may request or perform actions including:
Account deletion may be initiated from within the SAM mobile app and through our public account deletion page. Some information may remain where required or reasonably necessary for legal, tax, accounting, fraud-prevention, safeguarding, dispute, contractual-rights, security, or regulatory purposes. Where data cannot immediately be deleted, access will be limited to the purpose requiring retention.
We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the service or purpose for which it was collected, and for any additional period required by law, tax or accounting rules, safety, contractual rights, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or legitimate business records.
Accounts & profiles: retained while active or under review and for a limited period after closure where needed for recovery, security, disputes, or legal obligations.
Registration & guardian records: retained as needed to review the application, manage age/guardian requirements, document consent, protect minors, and meet legal or safety obligations.
Bookings, projects & financial records: retained for project history, invoices, payments, refunds, payouts, tax/accounting, contractual obligations, fraud prevention, and disputes.
Portfolio, community & evidence media: retained while associated with an active profile, post, application, booking, project, competition, verification, readiness submission, rental, or agreement, unless removed earlier or retention is otherwise required.
Rights & consent records: may be retained for as long as necessary to demonstrate a grant, withdrawal, contractual permission, legal basis, or historical usage right.
Trust & safety records: reports, blocks, sanctions, evidence, and related audit records may be retained as reasonably necessary to protect users, prevent repeat abuse, resolve appeals or disputes, and satisfy legal obligations.
Push notification tokens: retained while associated with an active device/account notification relationship and removed or invalidated when no longer required, including where the token becomes invalid or the relationship is revoked.
Technical logs & diagnostics: retained for a limited operational period appropriate to security, reliability, troubleshooting, audit, and abuse prevention.
For privacy questions, account or data requests, consent concerns, safety reports, corrections, or deletion requests, contact SAM Studio. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain privacy or account requests.