Privacy Policy

Courtesy Notice

This is a free translation into English. In case of any discrepancies between the French and English versions, the French version shall prevail.

Frédéric Ansermoz / Ansermoz Photography (“we”, “our” or “us”) operates the website https://ansermoz-photography.com and is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in accordance with the applicable principles of the GDPR. This policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and protected when you use the website https://ansermoz-photography.com.

1. Data Controller Identity

The data controller is Frédéric Ansermoz, residing in Villars-sous-Mont (1666), Switzerland, and can be contacted via the website’s contact form.

2. Collected Data

I collect the following data:

Contact Form : Name, email address, subject, message.
Purpose: To respond to your inquiry and provide appropriate follow-up.
Data entered in the contact form is sent via email using a secure TLS-encrypted connection and is stored in our Gmail mailbox. It is kept only as long as necessary for contact and follow-up purposes.
These are the only pieces of information I may receive from you.
This data is used solely for contact purposes.
Your data is not shared with third parties unless you have given your consent.
Your IP address is neither collected nor stored.

Every effort is made to protect your personal data by using secure protocols (such as HTTPS) for communication and data transfer.
You may contact me via the contact form if you wish for this data to be deleted.

Cookies : The website uses cookies necessary for its proper functioning.

However, certain technical data is recorded by the website host, Funio:

– Apache Logs: IP address, browser type, visited pages, timestamps.
– SQL Slow Logs: IP address and technical data related to SQL query performance.

This information is collected solely for website maintenance and security purposes.

3. Cookies

Cookies are used to ensure the proper functioning of our website. You can also configure your preferences via your browser settings.

accept-youtube-api: Used by the site to determine whether the YouTube API can be used.
cookie_notice_accepted: Used by the site to remember your preference and prevent the banner from being displayed again.
The website may use third-party cookies from YouTube. These cookies are enabled when you allow the YouTube API, optimizing the viewing experience for embedded videos (e.g., autoplay, default video quality).

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: Estimates the user’s bandwidth to optimize YouTube video playback.
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA: Stores the user’s privacy preferences.
YSC: Identifies a unique session on YouTube to track video interactions.
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN: Ensures the proper distribution of YouTube experiences and features.
These cookies are managed directly by YouTube and are subject to their own privacy policy.
On certain browsers, especially Chrome, if you are logged into your Google account, cookies from Google may be used according to their privacy policy.
You can adjust your preferences in your Google account and/or browser settings.
This website does not use these cookies.

4. Data Retention Period

Contact Form: Data is stored for a maximum of 12 months.
Cookies:
accept-youtube-api and cookie_notice_accepted: 1 hour
YouTube cookies: Stored for the duration of your visit.
Apache Logs and SQL Slow Logs: Retained by Funio for a limited duration (48 hours), according to their hosting policy.

5. Purposes and Legal Basis

Your data is collected for the following purposes:

To respond to your inquiries submitted via the contact form.
To manage the website’s technical operations.

Your technical data is collected by Infomaniak solely to:

– Ensure the proper functioning of the website (legitimate interest).
– Analyze website performance and security via Infomaniak logs (technical requirement).

6. Data Recipients

Your data is not shared with any entity other than Funio (the website’s Canadian hosting provider) for site data storage.

For more information, refer to Infomaniak’s privacy policy:
https://www.infomaniak.com/en/legal/confidentiality-policy (for Infomaniak account holders and visitors).

7. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access: Request to know what data we hold about you
Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
To exercise these rights, contact us via the contact form with your request.

8. Data Security

We implement technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access or loss.
Reasonable efforts are made to ensure your data remains secure through encrypted communication protocols such as HTTPS.
Funio implements security measures to protect the data stored on its servers.

9. Contact

For any questions regarding this policy, please contact me via the contact form.

10. Changes to This Policy

This privacy policy may be updated. Any modifications will be published on this page.
In the event of a translation of this privacy policy into other languages, only the French version shall prevail.

Last updated: September 16th, 2025.