Terms of use
Terms for the free private photo-sharing service provided by the operator named below. These terms cover accounts, uploads, private galleries and event walls, not payments or photobook purchases.
Operator and data controller
Adam Cooper Softwareentwicklung
c/o GAM, Pappelallee 64, 10437 Berlin, Germany
1. Service and scope
in.photo lets hosts create private collections and invite guests to upload and view photos using links or QR codes. Available features and any limits are shown in the service. Access may be restricted while the service is being developed. Creating or using a collection does not order a photobook or create a payment obligation. Any future paid offering will require separate information and an explicit order.
2. Accounts and invitations
Provide accurate account information and keep your email address up to date. Protect your login and invitation links. Galleries are not publicly listed, but anyone who receives a valid invitation, including a forwarded link or QR code, can obtain the access it grants. Hosts must share invitations only with the intended participants. Revoking access cannot recall downloaded photos or other copies. If you act for an organisation, you must be authorised to do so.
3. Your content and our permission to use it
You retain your rights in uploaded content. Upload only content you are entitled to share, respecting both copyright and the rights of people depicted. For the duration and purposes of providing the requested service, you grant us a non-exclusive permission to store, reproduce, technically process and deliver the content to authorised participants, including resizing photos and displaying them on a host-enabled wall. We may use service providers solely as needed for those purposes. This permission does not authorise advertising with your photos, AI training or unrelated publication. Do not upload unlawful content, infringe others’ rights, distribute malware or misuse the service.
4. Host responsibilities and event walls
The host controls invitations and whether photos are shown on an event wall. Before displaying guests’ photos on the wall, the host must inform them of the intended display and obtain the necessary consent, including appropriate permission for children. Attending an event or uploading a photo does not establish consent from everyone depicted. The host must manage the viewing audience and act on objections or removal requests. These responsibilities do not remove our own obligations. We do not independently verify consent for each photo.
5. Photo storage and advance notice
Our normal storage period is one year from each photo’s upload date. Before routine deletion at the end of that period, we will email the host at least 14 days in advance, identifying the planned deletion date and giving an opportunity to save the photos. Keep your own copies and keep the host’s email address current. The host is responsible for passing the notice to affected guests. If notice has not been sent in time, routine expiry deletion will be postponed until the notice period has elapsed. Earlier removal is possible under section 6. Logging out or an invitation expiring does not itself delete photos. This service is not a permanent photo archive.
6. Earlier removal and ending access
We reserve the right to restrict access or remove photos before the normal storage period ends where necessary to comply with law or an official order, fulfil a valid erasure request, protect people’s rights, address unlawful content or a material breach of these terms, or respond to a concrete security threat. Measures will be proportionate to the circumstances. Where feasible, we will explain the reason and give the affected user an opportunity to respond or remedy the issue before removal. Immediate action may be necessary where delay would cause harm or notice is legally prohibited; where permitted, we will explain afterwards. For planned closure of the service, we will give hosts at least 30 days’ email notice and an opportunity to save lawful content before deletion. You may request deletion or end your use at any time by contacting us. Necessary records may be retained where legally required; this does not authorise continued gallery display.
7. Availability and statutory rights
Maintenance and technical failures can temporarily interrupt access. We will take reasonable measures to protect the service, but you should retain independent copies of important photos. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability or consumer rights that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Statutory liability and applicable statutory rights concerning defects remain unaffected.
8. Reports, privacy and contact
To report unlawful content, raise a privacy concern, request deletion or challenge a restriction, contact mail@in.photo. Include the collection reference, enough information to identify the photo and an explanation of your concern. Do not send unnecessary copies of sensitive photos. You do not need an account to contact us. We will review the request and explain our response where permitted. Our privacy policy describes personal-data processing and your rights; it is not a request for blanket consent.
9. Applicable law and changes
German law applies. Consumers retain the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of their habitual residence where applicable. Statutory jurisdiction rules remain unaffected. These terms are available in English and German; other site languages link to English. A newly published version does not automatically change an existing agreement. Changes to existing agreements require a valid legal basis or effective agreement; continued use alone is not treated as acceptance.
10. Business customers and commissioned processing
For business customers within § 14 BGB, the data processing agreement at in.photo/en/dpa (German primary version: in.photo/de/avv) applies in addition insofar as they act as controllers and in.photo processes personal data on their behalf. The completed, approved version presented with these terms becomes part of the contract when the contract is concluded. No separate DPA checkbox is required; incorporation must take place through effective acceptance of these terms.
Current status: the linked agreement is a non-binding review draft and is not yet incorporated into customer contracts. Before business processing on this basis begins, its TODOs and annexes must be completed and the final version effectively agreed. The current launch-notification signup is not acceptance of these terms or the DPA.
Last updated: September 21, 2026