As a matter of policy, we don't publish identifiable pictures of our children, or their names. They're not hidden very deep, someone aggressive and knowledgeable with search engines could dig it out. Partly because I'm a semi-public figure and reasonably paranoid. Partly because we believe strongly that people have the right to construct and control their own online identity, within reason. Every school year we have to mark up the "information release form" telling the school not to publish pictures with names online.
If someone took pictures of them and published them *with their identity* I'd go after them pretty hard with whatever legal/PR clubs I could find. I'm not sure I'd have much legal standing, but I'd try hard anyhow. -T On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 3:58 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > >> >> Absent evidence to the contrary, I'd just assume that said photographs were >> taken at some public event, quite possibly by somebody known to the family. >> Were the kids showing off, dressed up in costumes, participating in an event, >> or in some way being presented as anything other than just random children? >> Does the gallery provide any additional information to identify them? >> >> > Also... that an "invitation" to view the images was issued might > indicate that the gallery isn't entirely public... only to be seen by > select folks? Slightly tangential to the point, but perhaps a > mitigating factor... > > :) > -c > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
