All the schools my son has attended in Hawaii required parents to sign
forms allowing or disallowing the use of their children's photos, name,
and artwork in their publications, website, etc. His individual classes
have secured websites for parents only. They are only accessed by
password and you must be invited or on an approved list to gain access.
I don't know what the standard of privacy is in other states, but I
would have a big problem if a school published my child's pictures and
identified him by name on their website without my permission.
Especially if he was only 4 years old!
This was a great concern for us because we adopted our son in Hawaii
when he was 3 years old. He has an unusual first name and we were
concerned about people from his biological family recognizing him and
tracking him down.
Even if he wasn't adopted, I wouldn't want his picture and name being
used without my permission. I don't share pictures via blog or bulletin
board or facebook or twitter. The only picture I shared over the
internet is a picture of our new dog and he was wearing sunglasses!
I'm sure that other parents have complained. I'd probably organize them
if the blog wasn't immediately removed from public view.
Carolyn Santo
On 1/8/2013 10:48 PM, Paul Bernal (LAW) wrote:
Sorry to butt in, but in Europe - or at least in the UK - this would
all be subject to data protection law, and this kind of thing would be
very, very unlikely. In my daughter's school at least, they're very
strong about asking permission before any photos are used, and always
do their best to make sure people know exactly how photos etc. are
going to be used.
Mind you, there's another factor that I'd want to take into account
for kids (though not pre-schoolers) which is the rights of the kids
themselves to privacy. Under the UN CRC, they're supposed to have
rights in accordance with their maturity and understanding, not just
their age - and those include privacy rights. Those rights compete
with the parents' rights - but the kids at the very least have the
right to be consulted on the subject. I don't know many places in the
world where this actually happens: the Convention on the Rights of the
Child is paid little more than lip service.
Paul
Dr Paul Bernal
Lecturer
UEA Law School
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norwich NR4 7TJ
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On 9 Jan 2013, at 00:55, Brian Conley <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Hi all,
Perhaps this is not the right forum, but I happen to believe it is.
If we care to discuss liberation tech, we ought to discuss the
liberation of those who have little or no capacity to choose for
themselves, yes?
What's concerning me today is a decision by my daughter's preschool.
They blog daily with photos and narrative stories about the kids day
st school. Previously, though technically "public" the blog was not
indexed and very difficult(impossible?) to find without the direct link.
At the beginning of this year they overhauled the site and are
publishing the blog in its entirety attached directly to the
preschool. That this change was done without discussion or consent of
parents strikes me as greatly concerning.
As many of you know, I'm generally one of the people saying that too
often libtech activists are a bit excessive in their response to the
forward progress of technology and social media. Am I out of bounds
here? Is this kind of daily blogging of a preschoolers life not a bit
frightening?
Any advice from other colleagues, parents or otherwise, would be
greatly appreciated. Though I might have answers for activists and
civilians threatened with death or worse, this situation leaves me at
a loss as to how I should respond.
Regards
Brian
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