Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

1. Introduction

Protecting your privacy and personal data is important to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how Dano Odermatt Fotografie collects and processes personal data when you visit this website, contact us, request a quotation, book photography services, or otherwise communicate with us.

Personal data is processed in accordance with applicable Swiss data protection law, in particular the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). Where applicable, other data protection laws, such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), may also apply.

2. Data Controller

The controller responsible for processing personal data is:

Dano Odermatt Fotografie
Dano Odermatt
Neumattstrasse 11
5074 Eiken
Switzerland

Email: info@danoodermatt.ch

3. Personal Data We Process

We may process personal data when you:

visit this website
contact us via a contact form
send us an email
request a quotation
book a photography session or event
enter into a contract with us
communicate with us regarding a project or collaboration

Depending on the circumstances, this may include:

full name
email address
telephone number
postal address
company or organisation name
event, wedding, shooting or project details
correspondence and communication
billing and contractual information
any additional information you voluntarily provide

We only process personal data where this is necessary for our business activities, communication, contractual obligations, website operation, legal obligations or other legitimate purposes.

4. Website Access and Server Data

When you visit this website, technical information may automatically be processed.

This may include:

IP address
browser type and version
device information
operating system
date and time of access
pages visited
referring website
technical log and security information

This data may be processed to provide and secure the website, detect technical problems, prevent misuse and improve website performance.

5. Website Hosting and Wix

This website is created and hosted using services provided by Wix.com Ltd. and its affiliated companies.

Wix provides the technical infrastructure required to operate this website. In connection with these services, Wix may process technical information and other personal data of website visitors on our behalf or as an independent controller where applicable.

Data may be processed on servers or by service providers located outside Switzerland.

Where personal data is transferred to countries that do not provide an adequate level of data protection under applicable Swiss law, appropriate safeguards are used where legally required, such as recognised contractual safeguards.

Further information about how Wix processes personal data can be found in Wix's own Privacy Policy.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Some cookies are technically necessary for the website to function properly, for example for security, navigation or website functionality.

Other cookies or technologies may be used for analytics, statistics or other optional functions.

Where consent is legally required, non-essential cookies and comparable tracking technologies are only activated after the visitor has given the appropriate consent.

You can manage your choices through the cookie settings available on the website and, depending on your browser, through your browser settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect individual website functions.

7. Website Analytics

We may use website statistics and analytics provided through Wix or other services activated on this website to understand how visitors use the website and to improve its content, performance and user experience.

Depending on the service used, technical information such as IP address, device information, approximate location, pages visited and interaction data may be processed.

Where legally required, analytics technologies that are not technically necessary are only used with your consent.

8. Contact Forms and Communication

If you contact us through a contact form, email or another communication channel, we process the information you provide in order to:

respond to your inquiry
prepare quotations
organise photography services
communicate regarding projects
fulfil contractual obligations
maintain necessary business records

Your personal data is not sold to third parties.

Information may be shared with service providers where this is necessary for the operation of our business or the provision of our services and where appropriate data protection safeguards are in place.

9. Social Media and External Links

This website may contain links to external platforms and social media services, including Instagram.

When you follow an external link, you leave this website. The respective provider is responsible for the processing of personal data on its platform.

If social media content or other third-party content is technically embedded directly into this website, the relevant provider may receive technical information about your visit. Where legally required, such content will only be activated after the necessary consent has been obtained.

10. Photography and Image Data

In connection with photography services, photographs and other visual material may constitute personal data where individuals can be identified.

The processing, delivery, publication and use of photographs is governed by the applicable agreement with the client, our Terms & Conditions and any individual consent arrangements.

Photographs are only published on our website, portfolio, social media channels or other marketing materials where we are entitled to do so under the relevant agreement, consent or applicable law.

11. Service Providers and Recipients

We may use third-party service providers to support our business operations, for example in connection with:

website hosting
cloud storage
email and communication
gallery delivery
accounting and administration
photography workflow and image processing
IT services

These providers may process personal data only to the extent required for the respective service.

Where appropriate, we select service providers that offer suitable data protection and security safeguards.

12. International Data Transfers

Some of the service providers we use may process personal data outside Switzerland, including in the European Economic Area, the United States or other countries.

Where required by applicable law, we ensure that international transfers are based on an appropriate legal mechanism or suitable safeguards.

These may include an adequacy decision by the competent authorities, recognised standard contractual clauses or other legally permitted safeguards.

13. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or where retention is required by law.

Relevant purposes may include:

responding to inquiries
providing photography services
fulfilling contractual obligations
handling possible claims
maintaining accounting and business records
complying with legal retention obligations

Once personal data is no longer required and no legal obligation or legitimate reason requires its continued retention, it is deleted or anonymised where reasonably possible.

14. Your Rights

Depending on the applicable data protection law and the circumstances, you may have rights relating to your personal data.

These may include the right to:

request information about personal data processed about you
request access to your personal data
request correction of inaccurate personal data
request deletion of personal data where legally permitted
withdraw consent with effect for the future where processing is based on consent
object to certain processing where applicable
request the release or transfer of certain personal data where applicable

Please note that these rights may be subject to legal restrictions or exceptions.

Requests relating to personal data can be sent to:

info@danoodermatt.ch

You may also have the right to contact the competent data protection authority. In Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

15. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful loss, alteration, disclosure, destruction or unauthorised access.

However, data transmitted over the internet can never be guaranteed to be completely secure.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example if our services, website functionality or legal requirements change.

The current version published on this website applies.

Last updated: August 2026