What 'European' means for your family photos
Your family's photos sit on servers somewhere, under the rules of a country. We explain why it matters that Ohhi is built within the European legal order.
Illustrative image · a calm place for family photos within the European legal order
The photos and videos of your family sit on servers somewhere these days. Where those servers are and which company runs them decides which rules your images fall under. At Ohhi that picture is simple: a Dutch platform, servers within the European Union, built for sharing photos and videos privately with family and friends. If you want to know how that compares to Facebook and Instagram, you'll find the point-by-point comparison on our page about the European alternative to Facebook and Instagram. This piece is about what 'European' means for your family photos.
What 'European' means here
A European flag on the website says little. What counts is which legal order your photos fall under. At Ohhi your images sit on servers within the European Union, run by a Dutch company under Dutch law, with no party in between operating under different legislation. We wrote earlier about what servers in Europe really mean.
Your photos sit on servers within the European Union, run by a Dutch company, and so fall entirely under European law.
Built for your own circle
Ohhi focuses on the part of sharing that actually matters to most people: showing photos and videos to the people you care about, and seeing their reactions. There are no public profiles and no strangers looking on. You invite your family, the grandparents or a few friends to an album, and they see what you share.
What you can count on
- Your timeline stays in chronological order. There is no algorithm deciding what you get to see; we wrote earlier about why calm wins.
- There are no ads, and so no business model built on your attention.
- Your photos are never used to train AI. We explained why we don't do that.
- Private is the starting point: only the people you invite can look in.
Starting with one album
You don't have to talk your family out of anything; it starts with one album. One parent puts up the holiday photos, invites the rest, and everyone is looking right away. With one plan for the whole family, parents, kids and grandparents are in at once.
For family photos, a platform doesn't have to be big or loud; calm and private is usually exactly enough. See the plans or create an account; there's always a free tier.
