07/08/2026
Collecting guest photos at EU events means handling personal data: faces, videos, and sometimes voice messages. The practical path is not to avoid guest media, but to use clear consent, EU-hosted storage, sensible retention, and a proper DPA when professionals or corporate clients are involved.
We put the checklist here:
https://gathmo.com/blog/gdpr-event-media-eu
Consent, data residency, and erasure -- the three things that make event-media GDPR-compliant, and how to get them right by default.