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AI Disclosure

How Fotos uses artificial intelligence to power photo delivery and studio features.

Last updated: March 2025

01What AI features does Fotos use?

Fotos uses artificial intelligence primarily for face-based photo delivery. When a guest at an event takes a selfie, our AI system scans the event photo library and identifies images in which that guest appears. This allows us to automatically deliver only the relevant photos to each individual — without any manual sorting by the photographer.

02How does face recognition work?

When a guest scans the QR code and submits a selfie, Fotos generates a temporary facial embedding (a mathematical representation of facial features). This embedding is compared against embeddings derived from the uploaded event photos. Matched photos are then delivered to the guest. The selfie itself is not stored beyond the matching process.

03Is biometric data stored?

Fotos does not permanently store biometric data or facial embeddings. Face embeddings generated during the matching process are held temporarily in memory and deleted once delivery is complete. We do not build facial databases or use embeddings for any purpose other than delivering photos from a specific event.

04AI and photo organisation

In addition to guest delivery, Fotos may use AI to assist photographers with features such as automatic event tagging, duplicate detection, and smart search within their archive. These features process photos locally or in isolated jobs and do not share data across studios.

05Third-party AI services

  • Fotos may use vetted third-party AI providers to process certain tasks.
  • All third-party providers are contractually bound to process data only for the purposes specified.
  • We do not sell or license your photos or client data to any AI training datasets.
  • Any third-party AI processing is covered under our Data Processing Agreement (DPA).

06Your rights

Guests who wish to opt out of AI-based face matching may do so by not submitting a selfie. Photographers who do not wish to use AI features may disable them from studio settings. For questions or deletion requests, contact us at [email protected].

Questions about this policy? Contact us at [email protected]