To do this at a child's party where I was the facepainter

This.

How else were you supposed to remember the child?

Hahahahaha. I love it when people who don’t know what they’re talking about give ridiculous advice. OP, ignore this, it’s total shite, quite embarrassing someone posted this.

There's absolutely no need for this level of hysteria. It's ridiculous.

a really bad move
you have broken GDPR
You’re on really dodgy ground
I’d be removing your post ASAP

And then you say
It’s not that big a deal

Op you’re overthinking this. Kindly reply with why and move on. Good luck with your new business!

You clearly have no understanding of gdpr, professional or otherwise. And the OP didn't shame this woman, she merely posted an explanation of her actions.

FAR safer to not note down any identifying info about the child in the first place, and have a policy of not getting any people in the background/ only doing group shots when she is certain that all have signed consent.

I am just thinking, maybe next time you have a similar situation let the parent know why you're noting down identifying info as you do it, hopefully saves this from happening again.

Glad the other mums were supportive of your reply and hope you do get booked for that other party :)

I'm sure the mums have been royally entertained by the mother who kicked up a fuss. There's always one at least. Ours became chair of the PTA which collapsed under her roolz. It was carnage. The head was pulling his hair out.

Oh give over. The OP has a right of reply on social media and a business reputation to defend, she hasn't broken GDPR and it's clearly been well received by the group.

OP, I work in a field which requires a lot of photographs and photo consent forms. The only thing I'd add to the advice you've already received is to back up the idea that it's a good idea to have a plain background to photograph against (you can set up a "selfie frame" in front of a wall or hedge for a bit of added value for the kids and a handy place to take their photos, or set up a fabric backdrop on a clothing rail that you can put together and dismantle to make it portable, for an inexpensive solution). Take a photo of each kid you have consent for as you finish them, and then you won't need to write anything down to remember who the non-consenting folk are - I think what you did was fine, but it would be even better practice to not need to record anything at all about the non-consenters, so I'd make it routine that you don't get others in the background of your pics, and only take group pics at parties where you're sure everybody has consented.

By the way Canva has a useful AI background removal tool if you need it. It might be the paid version - but just sign up for the 30 dsy free trial and set a reminder to cancel it.

Sorry OP I’m not trying to be negative but I think you’ve been badly misled on here to think that posting on her response was a good thing.

She was a dick, for sure, but not worth risking your professional reputation over.

I hope it all blows over for you.

It directly links confidential information (not wanting photos/SM)with her name on a public forum. With my professional understanding of GDPR, this is a breach. Even if it isn’t, this is not a woman you’d want to piss off by giving out personal info online and shaming her.

Love this response🤣

So it's already been deleted then? I mean along with her comment?

That's good, now I'd ask for this thread to be deleted too if I were you.

There has bee no GDPR breach at all.

But I agree the OP should get this thread deleted before the woman herself or another parent from the party spots it.

Also a possibility the tabloids might pick it up.

Well done OP! Glad it worked out. She sounds annoying. That would have bothered me too.

In what way is ticking the ‘no photos’ box breaking GDPR? It’s not her personal information, she posted a query and the OP answered it.

🙌🙌🙌

Good work!!!!

…just remember no freebies and no discounts!
your work is valuable and you are a business not a charity.

Here's something I wish Id known at 21.

You know that feeling you get that you're still a kid, that everyone else is so grown up and has everything figured out while you're still trying to figure out adult life and friendships etc.

It never goes away. Everyone has it, the 31 year olds, the 41 year olds. Hell, my Dad says he still gets it and he's mid 60s

You still cringe when we say something stupid, we still worry when we upset someone. We still think "I did not understand what the fuck just happened there" on a regular basis.

The only thing that happens is that we get better at hiding it, and the embarrassments build up until can can't remember the individual ones, and you start giving less and less of a shit.

Don't feel like the "grown ups" know better than you. Because there aren't any grown ups, just people cocking up all day every day. The 30 and 40 year olds don't know any better than you do.

OP. I think that was a really bad move. The woman was already defensive about having photos taken, then about her kids clothing being written down. Now you have broken GDPR by revealing to everyone on that woman’s Facebook page that she requested no photos or social media.

You’re on really dodgy ground with that one. Personally I’d be removing your post ASAP and just letting it go. It’s not that big a deal and certainly not worth the aggro that she could cause you if she decided to.

Well done, you.

She sounds nuts and I'm glad the other mums backed you up.

And then she deleted her comment. Ha, love it

She sounds an absolute pill.

Yeah do this

You did nowt wrong

Don't be so ridiculous 'dear'.

The OP is very new to this and could find herself in a lot of trouble if she doesn't get this right.

And in a lot of financial mess if she has accidentally made her insurance null and void.

But you carry on being childish because what do you care if a young woman's business goes tits up?