Terms and privacy
Purpose of the archive
Horní Slavkov v čase is a public archive of historical and contemporary photos from Horního Slavkova and the surrounding area. The operator is Jan Leisner, Školní 847, Horní Slavkov 357 31 (leisner.jan@gmail.com).
What you may submit
Only submit photos and videos that you have the rights to (you took them yourself or have the author’s consent) and that you agree may be published. Do not submit content that infringes the rights of others or is inappropriate.
Approval
Submissions from the public form are approved by an admin before they are displayed publicly. Verified contributors with the appropriate permission may publish directly.
Personal data
The author’s email is used only for contact and is not published. The author’s name is shown with the photo only if they consent when uploading; otherwise it remains hidden. A request to remove a photo can be submitted using the “report” button beside that photo or by email to leisner.jan@gmail.com.
Historical records and people’s names
Chronicles, charters and the house register name people who lived in the town. In the register these are the owners of houses before the Second World War, taken from a list published in print in 1991; the chronicles and charters reach back to the 16th century. Virtually all of these people have long since died and no longer live at the address given. Below is a summary of what the publication rests on and where its limits lie.
Data about deceased persons falls outside the GDPR — the Regulation says so expressly in recital 27: “This Regulation does not apply to the personal data of deceased persons.” Member States may lay down their own rules; the Czech Republic has not done so in Act No. 110/2019 Coll. That does not mean a dead person’s name may be used in any way at all: under § 82(2) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Coll.), after a person’s death any person close to them may seek protection of their personality. We therefore treat the records as a historical source, not as material for judging people.
Where a name may concern a living person, we rely on legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR together with the rules on historical research. Under Article 5(1)(b) GDPR, further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest or for scientific or historical research purposes is not considered incompatible with the original purposes; Article 89(1) requires appropriate safeguards for rights and freedoms. Specific measures are set out in § 16 of Act No. 110/2019 Coll. — among them restricted access, pseudonymisation and limits on processing for other purposes. That family history belongs here too is confirmed by recital 160 GDPR, under which historical research also covers research for genealogical purposes.
Photographs are additionally covered by the protection of a person’s likeness. Under §§ 84 and 85 of the Civil Code, a person’s likeness may be captured and disseminated only with their consent. § 89 provides an exception: “A likeness or an audio or visual recording may also be made or used, without the person’s consent and in an appropriate manner, for scientific or artistic purposes and for press, radio, television or similar news reporting.” The limit is set by § 90 of the same Act — a statutory ground may not be used in a disproportionate manner contrary to a person’s legitimate interests. We take the word “appropriate” seriously: we publish a period photograph of a street, but not one that would hold a living person up to ridicule or reveal something of their private life.
A municipal chronicle is, moreover, a document that is public by law. Under § 4 of Act No. 132/2006 Coll. on municipal chronicles, anyone may inspect the chronicle at the municipal office during set hours. The transcription of the chronicle on this website therefore makes nothing available that would not be available without it — it merely makes it more legible and reachable from anywhere.
Beyond what the law requires we keep our own limits. We compile owners’ names solely from the published printed list, never from guesswork. An author’s name appears with a photo only with the consent given at upload. Location data is stripped from scans and rephotographs. Comments are approved before they appear. And if you do not want a particular name to appear in the house register, simply tell us — we keep a permanent record of the request, so it applies after any future regeneration too. Would you rather not be listed here?
Data subject rights remain in place, although historical research modifies them on several points. An objection may be raised under Article 21(6) GDPR. The right to erasure does not apply, under Article 17(3)(d), where it would render impossible or seriously impair the objectives of historical research — which does not mean we will not consider a request; we always consider it, and for a specific individual we will usually grant it. We discharge the duty to inform people whose names appear in the sources through this text: Article 14(5)(b) GDPR removes that duty for archiving and historical research where it would involve disproportionate effort, and requires the information to be made publicly available instead.
This section summarises the legal framework as we understand it; it is not legal advice from a solicitor. If you believe something has been published wrongly, write to us and we will deal with it. leisner.jan@gmail.com
Reactions and comments
Comments are approved by an admin before they are displayed. Do not post personal data about third parties without their consent. To remember your reactions (like / remember), we store a small functional cookie in your browser (a random identifier, no tracking). A request to edit or remove a comment can be submitted using the “report” button or by email to leisner.jan@gmail.com.
Copyright and intellectual property
The operator’s copyright protection applies exclusively to the Horní Slavkov v čase web application itself — its source code, the design and appearance of the user interface, and its internal structure. This is the operator’s copyrighted work. © 2026 Jan Leisner. All rights reserved. The source code is not open source and is not provided for use, copying or further distribution.
The operator makes no claim to the historical and photographic content. The photos, chronicles, books and their texts, maps and other sources made available in this archive are not the work of the operator; copyright and other rights remain with their authors, publishers and sources. They are collected and made available here to support knowledge of the history of Horního Slavkova and the surrounding area. Anyone who believes their work is being used beyond the scope of their consent may request an edit or removal using the “report” button beside the item or by email to leisner.jan@gmail.com; we will comply with such requests.
Photos and other contributions submitted by visitors remain the work of their authors; they are added to the archive with consent for publication and are not provided for purposes other than the archive without the author’s consent.
Project concept and idea
Horní Slavkov v čase is an original concept for a municipal photo archive: photographs are linked by date on a timeline with places, houses (using old and new numbering), chronicles, books and maps to form one interconnected whole. This concept, the way the data is linked and arranged, and the interface design are the work of its author.
The operator reserves the right not to have this system, its arrangement, method of linking and cross-referencing, or the appearance of the interface adopted, imitated or presented as someone else’s own without consent.
The Horní Slavkov v čase name and logo identify this project; trademark protection is being prepared. The name or logo may not be used for another project or to create the impression of an association with this archive. Direct questions about using the content, code or brand to leisner.jan@gmail.com.
This is a readable summary of the terms, not an exhaustive legal text; the full wording and any amendments are the responsibility of the operator.