TriPrism, Inc. / PhotoTouch, Inc. — GDPR Article 30
Version 1.0 · Effective June 1, 2026 · Next review June 1, 2027
This document is the consolidated Record of Processing Activities (“RoPA”) maintained by TriPrism, Inc. doing business as PhotoTouch, Inc. (“TriPrism”) under Article 30 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent provisions of the UK GDPR.
TriPrism acts in two distinct capacities: as a controller of photographer-account data (Art. 30(1)) and as a processor of customer-side data on behalf of each photographer (Art. 30(2)). The two records are presented separately below.
Full policy detail lives at admin.findyourpictures.com/legal/ropa with cross-links to Privacy, DPA, Sub-Processors, and Security.
| Version | 1.0 |
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| Effective Date | June 1, 2026 |
| Next Review Due | June 1, 2027 (annual cadence) |
| Document Owner | Director of Engineering (security@triprism.com) |
| DPO Appointment | Not appointed. No DPO appointed — Art. 37(1) thresholds not met (we do not engage in large-scale processing of special categories of data, and our core activities do not require regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale). Named contact for data protection matters: security@triprism.com. |
| Supervisory Authority | TriPrism is established in the United States and does not have a lead EU supervisory authority. EU/EEA data subjects may contact their local supervisory authority. Requests from supervisory authorities should be directed to security@triprism.com. |
TriPrism is the controller of personal data relating to photographer accounts and platform operations.
| Controller Name | TriPrism, Inc. dba PhotoTouch, Inc. |
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| Address | San Diego, California, United States |
| Contact | security@triprism.com |
| EU Representative | Not appointed. |
Creation, authentication, configuration, and administration of photographer accounts and sub-user accounts on the PhotoTouch platform.
| Data Subjects | Photographer account owners Photographer sub-users (managers, location staff, customer service, finance, regional/area roles) |
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| Personal Data Categories | Account contact details (name, email, phone, mailing address) Authentication credentials (one-way hashed passwords, 2FA secrets) Role and permission assignments Sub-user activity logs |
| Lawful Basis | Art. 6(1)(b) performance of contract (Terms of Use); Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests (account security and access control) |
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| Retention | Active for the life of the account. Upon account closure: 90 days for reactivation, then permanent deletion from production systems. Audit log references retained for 7 years per /legal/privacy §4. |
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Generation, delivery, and reconciliation of subscription invoices and platform usage charges to photographer accounts.
| Data Subjects | Photographer account owners Photographer billing contacts |
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| Personal Data Categories | Billing contact details Invoice line items and totals Payment instrument tokens (no full card numbers stored on the platform) Payment history and ledger entries |
| Lawful Basis | Art. 6(1)(b) performance of contract; Art. 6(1)(c) legal obligation (tax and accounting record-keeping) |
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| Retention | Invoice and payment records retained for 7 years to support tax and accounting obligations, consistent with /legal/privacy §4 (Audit Logs) and applicable tax law. |
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Collection and retention of audit logs, access records, security telemetry, and incident artifacts to detect, investigate, and respond to security events.
| Data Subjects | Photographer account owners Photographer sub-users TriPrism administrators Visitors who interact with authenticated platform endpoints |
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| Personal Data Categories | Audit log records (who, what, when, where, outcome, risk classification) IP addresses and user-agent strings Authentication events (login, logout, failed attempts, MFA challenges) Administrative action history Security incident records |
| Lawful Basis | Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests (platform security, fraud prevention, accountability); Art. 6(1)(c) legal obligation where audit retention is required by contract or regulation |
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| Retention | Audit logs retained for a minimum of 7 years per /legal/privacy §4 and /legal/security §3. Security incident records retained for the life of the affected account plus 7 years. |
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Account-level transactional and operational emails sent to photographers — service alerts, invoice notifications, password resets, security advisories, release notes, and system messages.
| Data Subjects | Photographer account owners Photographer billing and notification contacts |
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| Personal Data Categories | Account email addresses Communication preferences and suppression state Message delivery event history (sent, delivered, bounced, complaint) |
| Lawful Basis | Art. 6(1)(b) performance of contract (service operation); Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests (operational notice) |
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| Retention | Delivery event records retained for 7 years to support audit-log review and deliverability investigations. Suppression list entries retained for the life of the account. |
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Operation of the compliance review programme — periodic access reviews, audit-log reviews, credential rotation reviews, platform integration audits, incident response drills, and policy review cadences.
| Data Subjects | Photographer sub-users (subject to access review) TriPrism administrators Reviewers assigned to compliance tasks |
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| Personal Data Categories | Access review evidence (who has what permission) Credential rotation logs Vulnerability scan results and remediation tracking Compliance review records (who reviewed, when, outcome) Incident response exercise artifacts |
| Lawful Basis | Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests (compliance and accountability); Art. 6(1)(c) legal obligation where reviews are required by regulation or contract |
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| Retention | Compliance review records retained for 7 years to support SOC 2 reporting and audit history. |
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TriPrism processes customer-side personal data on behalf of each photographer, who is the controller for that data. Detailed processor terms are in our Data Processing Agreement (admin.findyourpictures.com/legal/dpa).
| Processor Name | TriPrism, Inc. dba PhotoTouch, Inc. |
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| Address | San Diego, California, United States |
| Contact | security@triprism.com |
| Controllers Served | Each photographer account using the platform is an independent controller of the personal data it processes through PhotoTouch. The current list of controllers is maintained internally and is identifiable to supervisory authorities on request under Art. 30(2)(a). |
Hosting customer photographs and delivering them to authorised end-users via code-based gallery access, signed URLs, and download mechanisms configured by the photographer.
| Data Subjects | Customers of photographers Parents and guardians Students and athletes Event attendees |
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| Personal Data Categories | Photographs and image metadata Photo access codes and gallery credentials Email addresses (where used for gallery access) IP addresses and access timestamps (for security and audit) |
| Lawful Basis | Determined by the controller (photographer). Typically Art. 6(1)(b) performance of contract between the photographer and the customer, or Art. 6(1)(a) consent for marketing-driven delivery. |
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| Retention | Controlled by the photographer via platform retention settings. Default: indefinite while the photographer account is active; 90 days after account closure. See /legal/privacy §4. |
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Acceptance of customer orders for prints, digital downloads, and related products on behalf of photographers; capture of payment via the photographer-configured processor; coordination of fulfilment.
| Data Subjects | Customers placing orders Recipients of shipped products (where different) |
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| Personal Data Categories | Order contact and shipping details (name, email, phone, address) Order line items Payment tokens (no full card numbers stored) Order status and fulfilment history |
| Lawful Basis | Determined by the controller. Typically Art. 6(1)(b) performance of contract between the photographer and the customer. |
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| Retention | Order records retained while the photographer account is active. Tax-relevant records retained for 7 years where required by applicable law. |
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Queueing and delivery of customer-facing email and SMS messages on behalf of the photographer — gallery invitations, order confirmations, reminders, and marketing campaigns (where the controller has obtained consent).
| Data Subjects | Customers of photographers Parents and guardians Event attendees who provided contact details |
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| Personal Data Categories | Email addresses and phone numbers Message content and templates Delivery event history (sent, delivered, bounced, opened, clicked, complained) Suppression state (bounce, complaint, opt-out, STOP) |
| Lawful Basis | Determined by the controller. Transactional dispatch typically Art. 6(1)(b); marketing dispatch typically Art. 6(1)(a) consent, with the controller responsible for obtaining and recording consent. |
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| Retention | Message metadata retained for 7 years to support deliverability investigations and audit. Message body content retained per the controller's retention configuration. |
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Collection and storage of subject registration data (student rosters, athlete lists, attendee details) provided to the photographer at events, used to organise galleries and route deliveries.
| Data Subjects | Students Athletes Event attendees Parents and guardians of minor data subjects |
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| Personal Data Categories | Names School / team / group affiliations Email addresses Phone numbers Photo identifiers and assignment data Where collected by the controller: grade level, classroom, or roster metadata |
| Lawful Basis | Determined by the controller. Typically Art. 6(1)(b) performance of contract or Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests of the photographer; consent from parents/guardians where required for minors. |
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| Retention | Controlled by the photographer. The platform provides automatic PII redaction options (incognito mode) and configurable retention windows. See /legal/privacy §4. |
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Capture, storage, and revocation of digital model-release consents signed by customers (or parents/guardians for minors) authorising the photographer's use of images.
| Data Subjects | Customers who sign a model release Parents and guardians who sign on behalf of minors Subjects identified in the release |
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| Personal Data Categories | Names and email addresses Signature timestamps and IP addresses Photo codes and image identifiers covered by the release Release scope and campaign identifiers Revocation timestamps where the customer has revoked |
| Lawful Basis | Art. 6(1)(a) consent (model release is a consent record). |
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| Retention | Retained for the life of the photographer account plus the period required to demonstrate consent under applicable law. Revoked releases retain the revocation record indefinitely. |
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Optional, controller-enabled marketing features — campaign queues, segmentation, A/B testing, personalised offers, lifecycle triggers — operated on behalf of the photographer.
| Data Subjects | Customers who have provided contact details and consented to marketing Customers whose consent has been recorded by the controller |
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| Personal Data Categories | Marketing consent state Campaign engagement history (sends, opens, clicks) Segment membership and lifecycle stage A/B variant exposure history Personalised offer presentation and click history |
| Lawful Basis | Art. 6(1)(a) consent. The controller is responsible for obtaining and documenting consent before triggering marketing dispatch; the platform enforces consent state on send. |
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| Retention | Engagement and consent records retained for the life of the photographer account. Suppression entries retained indefinitely to honour opt-out. |
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Optional, controller-enabled AI features — image quality checks, automated tagging, send-time optimisation, customer-service assistance — that submit selected data to third-party AI providers under the controller's opt-in.
| Data Subjects | Customers whose photographs are processed by AI features Customers whose tickets are routed through AI customer-service assistance |
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| Personal Data Categories | Image content (where AI image processing is enabled) Ticket text and metadata (where AI customer service is enabled) Campaign performance data (where send-time AI is enabled) |
| Lawful Basis | Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests where the controller has determined AI processing is necessary to provide the service, or Art. 6(1)(a) consent where the controller has obtained it. AI features are opt-in per controller. |
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| Retention | AI providers do not retain submitted data beyond their stated processing windows under the API terms in effect. Platform-side AI invocation logs are retained for 7 years per /legal/privacy §4. |
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| Article 30 requests / supervisory authority inquiries | security@triprism.com |
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| Company | TriPrism, Inc. dba PhotoTouch, Inc. |
| Address | San Diego, California, United States |