Terms & Conditions
Photo Walk Oslo Last updated: 12 September 2026
Photo Walk Oslo brings people together to explore the city on foot, camera in hand. These terms explain how our community works, what to expect when you join a walk, and how we handle photography and personal data. We've tried to write them the way we'd actually explain things to someone showing up for the first time. plainly, and in keeping with the spirit of the group.
By joining a Photo Walk Oslo event, following our social media accounts, or using this website, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree with something here, please get in touch with us at hei@photowalkoslo.no before joining a walk.
1. Who we are
Photo Walk Oslo is an open community organised around informal, free photo walks in and around Oslo. We welcome photographers of all levels and all kinds of cameras, from phones to large format. There is no membership fee and no formal organisation behind the walks, just a small group of organisers who plan routes, show up, and keep things running smoothly.
Nothing on this site or at our events is intended as professional, legal, or safety advice, and Photo Walk Oslo is not a registered tour operator or guiding service.
2. Community guidelines
We want Photo Walk Oslo to be a place people look forward to coming back to — welcoming, low-pressure, and genuinely useful for improving as a photographer. That depends on everyone treating each other well, both on the street and online (comments, our chat groups, DMs, and anywhere else the community gathers).
Be responsible
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Follow the terms of use of whatever platform you're interacting with us on.
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If you wouldn't say it to someone's face, don't say it in a comment or a message.
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Respect the people and places we photograph. Street photography means photographing strangers and public life — do it with courtesy, not confrontation. If someone asks you to stop or to delete a photo of them, do so.
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Follow common sense and any instructions from the walk organiser regarding routes, traffic, private property, and off-limits areas.
Be respectful
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Disagreements about photography, gear, or editing happen, keep them civil. Agree to disagree, and know when to drop it.
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Comments or behaviour that are obscene, discriminatory, harassing, threatening, defamatory, or otherwise illegal will be removed and will not be tolerated. Repeated issues lead to exclusion without further warning.
Be constructive
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Feedback on people's photos is welcome when it's invited, don't hand out unsolicited criticism.
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If you ask for critique, try to receive it with curiosity rather than defensiveness. If you're giving it, remember you're commenting on someone's personal work, and frame it as a suggestion rather than a verdict.
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Photography is a matter of taste as much as technique. Your opinion is exactly that, yours, and everyone else's counts just as much.
Enforcement
These guidelines apply to everything under the Photo Walk Oslo name: the walks themselves, this website, our social media accounts, and any group chats. Organisers may remove content, mute or block someone from our channels, or exclude someone from future walks if these guidelines aren't followed. We aim to be transparent about how we moderate, but we don't discuss individual moderation decisions publicly.
3. Joining a walk: participation and risk
Photo walks happen outdoors, in real streets and public spaces around Oslo, often in a group, sometimes after dark or in poor weather. That comes with ordinary hazards you wouldn't otherwise think twice about: traffic, uneven pavement, stairs, crowds, ice and rain, water and harbour areas, and so on.
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Participation is voluntary and at your own risk. By joining a walk, you accept the risks that naturally come with walking around a city in a group, and you're responsible for judging your own limits, footwear, and readiness for the conditions.
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You're responsible for your own gear and belongings. Photo Walk Oslo and its organisers aren't responsible for loss, theft, or damage to cameras, phones, or other personal property during an event.
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Follow organiser guidance. If an organiser asks the group to avoid an area, cross somewhere specific, or stop for safety reasons, please follow that instruction.
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Minors are welcome when accompanied by a parent or guardian who takes responsibility for their supervision during the walk.
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Limitation of liability. To the extent permitted under Norwegian law, Photo Walk Oslo, its organisers, and volunteers are not liable for personal injury, loss, or damage arising from participation in a walk, except where this results from our gross negligence or wilful misconduct, Norwegian law doesn't allow us to exclude liability for that, so we don't try to.
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Walks are occasionally cancelled, shortened, or rerouted at short notice because of weather, safety, or availability of the organiser. We'll let the group know as early as we can through our usual channels, but we can't guarantee advance notice in every case.
If you're ever unsure whether a walk is a good fit for you physically, feel free to ask an organiser before signing up.
4. Photography and image rights
Photography (including of people and public life) is the entire point of Photo Walk Oslo, so it's worth being clear about how this works.
Photographing others during a walk
Under Norwegian law (Åndsverkloven § 104), you generally need a person's consent before publishing a recognisable photo of them. There are recognised exceptions, including images depicting current events of general interest and photographs taken at public gatherings or assemblies, which is the space most street photography and photo walk images fall into. That said, the law is a floor, not a target: if someone visibly objects to being photographed, or asks you to delete an image, please respect that, regardless of what the law technically permits. Use good judgement, and don't photograph people in ways that are intrusive, humiliating, or intended to embarrass them.
Photos taken at Photo Walk Oslo events
Our organisers or an appointed photographer may take photos of the group and the event itself (not just the surrounding street scene) for the purpose of documenting and promoting Photo Walk Oslo (for example on this website, or in a newsletter recap).
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You keep all rights to photos you personally take with your own camera during a walk. We don't claim any ownership over your work.
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If you'd rather not appear in photos we take of the group, just let an organiser know at the start of the walk, or contact us afterwards and we'll remove any image of you that we control from our own channels.
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If we'd like to feature one of your photos on our website or social media (with credit to you), we'll ask first.
Sharing your own photos with us
If you tag us, submit a photo for a group gallery, or send us images from a walk, you're giving Photo Walk Oslo permission to display that photo on our website and social accounts with credit to you, for as long as we're an active community. You can ask us to take it down at any time, and we will.
5. Privacy and personal data
We collect a limited amount of personal data to run the community, and we try to keep this simple and minimal.
What we collect
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Contact details (typically name and email) if you sign up for our mailing list or register interest in a walk.
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Photos of you taken at events, as described in Section 4.
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Basic technical data if you use this website (see any separate cookie notice on the site, if applicable).
Why, and on what basis
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We use sign-up information to tell you about upcoming walks and community news, on the basis of the consent you give when signing up. You can unsubscribe at any time.
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We rely on our legitimate interest in documenting and promoting community events as the basis for taking and sharing general event photos, balanced against your right to object as set out in Section 4.
What we don't do
We don't sell your personal data, and we don't share your contact details with third parties for their own marketing.
Your rights
Under GDPR, you can ask us what personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, object to how we use it, or withdraw consent at any time. Contact [contact email] for any of this, and we'll get back to you within a reasonable time. If you think we've mishandled your data, you also have the right to complain to Datatilsynet (the Norwegian Data Protection Authority).
6. This website and its content
Text, graphics, and design on this website belong to Photo Walk Oslo unless credited otherwise, and shouldn't be reused without asking us first. Photos on the site are credited to their photographers wherever we can, and remain that photographer's property under Section 4.
7. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time, for example as the community grows or the law changes. We'll update the "last updated" date above when we do, and post significant changes to our usual channels. Continuing to take part in Photo Walk Oslo after a change means you accept the updated terms.
8. Governing law and contact
These terms are governed by Norwegian law. If any part of them turns out to be unenforceable, the rest still applies.
Questions, concerns, or a request under Section 4 or 5 above? Reach us at hei@photowalkoslo.no.
Terms & Conditions
A Legal Disclaimer
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and high-level explanations and information on how to write your own document of Terms & Conditions. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or as recommendations regarding what you should actually do, because we cannot know in advance what are the specific terms you wish to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to help you understand and to assist you in the creation of your own Terms & Conditions.
Terms & Conditions - The Basics
Having said that, Terms and Conditions (“T&C”) are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of this website. The T&C set forth the legal boundaries governing the activities of the website visitors, or your customers, while they visit or engage with this website. The T&C are meant to establish the legal relationship between the site visitors and you as the website owner.
T&C should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers in e-commerce transactions requires T&C that are different from the T&C of a website only providing information (like a blog, a landing page, and so on).
T&C provide you as the website owner the ability to protect yourself from potential legal exposure, but this may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so make sure to receive local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal exposure.
What to Include in the T&C Document
Generally speaking, T&C often address these types of issues: Who is allowed to use the website; the possible payment methods; a declaration that the website owner may change his or her offering in the future; the types of warranties the website owner gives his or her customers; a reference to issues of intellectual property or copyrights, where relevant; the website owner’s right to suspend or cancel a member’s account; and much, much more.
To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy”.