Mountain in Bavaria, photographed by Matthias Wendling in the Allgäu region

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 2025

1. Responsible Body Name and contact details of the controller: Matthias Wendling Obere Bahnhofstraße 2, 87561 Oberstdorf, Germany post@matthiaswenling.com www.matthiaswendling.com

2. General Information on Data Processing The protection of your personal data is important to me. I treat your data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and the Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG). Personal data is only processed to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and my services as a photographer.

3. Hosting via Wix.com My website is hosted by the provider Wix.com Ltd, 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel ("Wix"). Wix stores data on servers in the EU, Israel, and, if applicable, in other third countries. Israel has an adequacy decision from the EU Commission according to Art. 45 GDPR, ensuring an appropriate level of data protection. Wix may use subcontractors (e.g., Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud). Data processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure and fast provision of the website). Further information can be found at: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

4. Collection and Storage of Personal Data a) When visiting the website When accessing this website, the following data is automatically transmitted by the browser to the server:

IP address (anonymized where possible), date, and time of access
Browser type and version
Operating system
Referrer URL
Pages visited This data is used to ensure trouble-free operation and is not used to identify visitors. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

5. Cookies & Consent Management This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on your end device. Some cookies are technically necessary ("essential cookies"), while others serve analysis, statistics, or marketing purposes. A cookie consent banner (Wix Consent Tool) appears when you first visit the website. You can select which categories you wish to agree to. Consent can be revoked at any time via the banner or browser settings. Legal basis:

Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (Consent)
Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (Legitimate interest in a functional website)
§ 25 Para. 1 TTDSG

6. Contact Form & Email Contact When using the contact form via Wix, the following data is collected:

Name
Email address
Message
Phone number This data is stored to process your inquiry. Legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (pre-contractual measures or contract fulfillment). Transmission is carried out via secure TLS encryption. Your data is stored on Wix servers and deleted as soon as the purpose for storage no longer applies.

7. Meta Pixel (Facebook/Instagram) This website uses the Meta Pixel from Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. This allows visitor behavior to be tracked after they have reached my website by clicking on a Facebook or Instagram ad. Processed data: IP address, browser information, time of page view, and Facebook ID (if logged in). Legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (Consent via cookie banner). Meta Platforms is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). More information: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

8. Google Maps I use the Google Maps service to display locations. Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. When accessing Google Maps, data (e.g., IP address) is transmitted to Google servers. Google may transfer data to the USA; this is based on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (Consent via cookie banner). More info: https://policies.google.com/privacy

9. Fonts For the uniform display of texts, this website uses fonts integrated via Wix (Bodoni Moda & Instrument Sans). These are loaded via Wix servers. Technical data (e.g., IP address) may be transmitted to Wix. There is no access to Google servers unless the fonts are integrated externally. Legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (Legitimate interest in consistent presentation).

10. Social Media Links (Instagram) This website contains links to my Instagram profile. No data is automatically transmitted to Meta when simply visiting my website. If you click the link, the privacy policy of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. applies. Privacy Policy: https://www.instagram.com/privacy

11. Processing Personal Data for Photography Assignments As part of my photography business, I process personal data of clients, couples, models, and guests. This includes:

Name, contact details (address, email, phone number)
Contract data (offer, invoice, payment data)
Image and sound recordings (portraits, reports, etc.) Processing serves the fulfillment of the contract according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Image files are treated confidentially, used only for the agreed purpose, and stored on secure servers. Disclosure to third parties (e.g., printing services, gallery providers) only occurs if necessary for contract fulfillment.

12. Rights of the Data Subject You have the right to:

Information about your stored data (Art. 15 GDPR)
Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
Objection (Art. 21 GDPR)
Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) You also have the right to revoke consent at any time (Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR). Complaints can be lodged with the competent supervisory authority (e.g., the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg).

13. Data Security This website uses SSL/TLS encryption to protect your data during transmission. All data is stored on protected servers accessible only to authorized persons.

14. Validity and Changes to this Privacy Policy This privacy policy is current as of October 2025. I reserve the right to update it in the event of changes to my website or legal requirements. The current version can be found on this website at any time.