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What personal data I collect when you visit the site or write to me, why I use it, how long I keep it and what rights you have. I collect as little as possible.

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Who handles your data

The data controller is Elia Vanni Fotografia, based in Como (CO), Italy. For any questions about privacy, you can write to [email protected].

What data I collect

  • Contact form: name, email and message and, if you wish, also phone number, service, date or time frame, location and budget. I also record the language of the page and the IP address, which I use only to block automated submissions.
  • Technical data: like any website, for security reasons the server logs the IP address, the date and time, the page requested and the type of browser.

Please don’t send me health data or other sensitive information: I don’t need it to prepare a quote for you.

Why I use it

I use the data from the form to reply to you and, if you ask, to prepare a quote for you: this processing is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation). The technical data is used to protect the site from abuse, on the basis of my legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)). If you become a client, I keep the documents required by law, such as invoices (Article 6(1)(c)).

I don’t use your data for advertising, I don’t sell it and I don’t pass it on to anyone else. It is seen only by me and by the technical providers that run the site and the email service, who have been appointed as data processors.

How long I keep it

I keep messages for as long as I need to reply to you and, if no assignment follows, I delete them within 24 months. Technical data stays in the server logs for a few days, unless it is needed to establish an abuse. Tax documents are kept for the periods required by law.

OpenStreetMap maps

The pages with a map (the map of my shoots, the individual shoots, the home page and the contact page) show OpenStreetMap tiles, which your browser downloads directly from the servers of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. At that moment the Foundation receives your IP address and the technical data of the request, in accordance with its privacy policy. The tiles only load when the map is about to come into view.

The site uses no profiling, advertising or analytics cookies and does not embed content from social networks: the social media icons are simple links. The only cookie is a technical one: it’s called “lang”, it remembers the language you choose in the language selector and it lasts one year. It does not require your consent, and you can delete it whenever you like in your browser settings.

Your rights

At any time you can ask me to access your data, correct it, erase it, restrict its use, object to its processing or receive it in a readable format: just send a message to [email protected]. I’ll reply within one month.

If you believe your data is being processed improperly, you can lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante).

Last updated: 12 November 2026.