Extremely annoyed at beautician

[MaybeAMoaner]

I had a beauty treatment on Saturday.
Before hand I had had to fill in a form and I ticked that I did not want photos taken and shared on social media.
She saw that I ticked it and she questioned it. I confirmed I didn’t want my photo taken or put on social media.
Well, she’s completely ignored me and she’s done it. I only found out as a friend saw it and tagged me. I am raging.
I absolutely hate my photo being taken, I look horrible in photos (well, real life too!) and for the procedure I had to have no make up so I look even worse.
Now everyone I know has seen me looking my worst. I feel so sad and down about it. I know I clearly have issues and low self esteem which I need to deal with but the beautician knew specifically it to do it and the form I signed was clear.
It’s made me depressed :-(

I just wanted to vent really. Has anyone had anything similar happen?
It feels like ive walked through town with no clothes on.

Surely it's a breach of privacy?

Yes it happened to me and I got a bad infection afterwards as well so I was very annoyed.

I would ask her to explain why she posted a picture when you had had a specific conversation about it. It’s incredibly unprofessional, ask her to take it down but stress you do not want some sort of post or comment correcting her mistake (making it worse). Advise her you won’t use her services or recommend her. It’s appalling.

Complain to her directly
Never use her again
Leave a bad review on Facebook, google and everywhere else you can find
Report her for GDPR breach
Report her to any governing bodies she might be a member of.

She did this deliberately so give her hell!

I would contact her and make her aware you know and that she has breached confidentiality. I would make her remove the photo immediately.
I would also leave a review stating what has occurred so that she doesn't do the same again to someone like in previous posts for whom a breach of confidentiality could have dire consequences.
What an idiot she is!

@MrsSiba

This is really serious. Not saying your reason isn't serious OP but there can be legal reasons why people's pictures are kept out of social media, eg those fleeing domestic violence.

I would plaster all over her account that she has deliberately breached your agreement, how furious you are and you will take this further if the post isn't removed and a picnic apology made to you.

What an arrogant and stupid woman she (beautician) is 😡😡

Yes 👏

Gosh this is bad I would be so angry

you really ought to get FB to take it down. It will be as though it was never there

@prettypinkflamingo

I would contact her and make her aware you know and that she has breached confidentiality. I would make her remove the photo immediately. I would also leave a review stating what has occurred so that she doesn't do the same again to someone like in previous posts for whom a breach of confidentiality could have dire consequences. What an idiot she is!

I completely agree and I'm usually in the 'just don't use them again' camp I'd be very upset that refusing my consent meant nothing to her

I'd escalate this as far as I could,it's outrageous and I'm usually in the 'tut and move on' camp.

Also change your FB settings so you can approve any tagged photos/posts before they are posted

Ah just read that the beautician didn't tag you, it was your friend. She's made it much worse then because all your friends etc., wouldn't have seen it if she hadn't tagged you!

I would hate this. It's so intrusive. She's very arrogant.

Dont ask her to remove it. Tell her to remove it.

Nightmare

Get her to take it down and tell her you won't be back.

Yes op email her and tell her she has breached gdpr and her own confidentiality forms and it needs to be removed by noon.

And also report her for it.

I want to ask without sounding like I’m blaming you, because I definitely am not. I’m just curious and wondering what the situation was.

She must have got out her phone or camera and pointed it at you before/after treatment.. what was your reaction then? Did you question why she was taking photos since you had ticked the box? I just can’t fathom why she would even need to take photos of you hadn’t given permission to use them - sounds like she was going to ignore your lack of consent from the beginning.

Sounds like she’s a complete moron with no regards for her own business laws and policies - I agree with a strongly worded letter of complaint about breaching GDPR and confidentiality. Maybe a legal threat in there too.

She must have got out her phone or camera and pointed it at you before/after treatment.. what was your reaction then? The Op said her eyes were closed, so she was unaware.

I would take this further as this is breaking GDPR laws and whilst in your case your reasons for no photos aren’t going to get you killed or physically hurt this person needs to realise that when a person ticks no it means no photos whatever her personal views are

For you this picture has caused you distress and emotional pain.
I am not a solicitor but there are consequences to breaking GDPR rules. I would be looking to see if there was anything you could do legally to make her realise that when people don’t want their picture taken it is their right to refuse and she should not ignore this answer. I think you do need compensation for the hurt and distress this has caused. Maybe if she has to pay a fine it might make her less arrogant.
There are companies who will act on your behalf to do all the paperwork

I am presuming that this photo was probably taken on her phone which she carries around with her and takes outside of her business where it could get stolen

This is another GDPR rule that she could have broken if it is on her personal phone.
I know this as when this law came in someone I knew said she went to a business seminar on what the new rules would mean for people in business and was told that she was breaking the law as she had all her business and clients names on her personal phone.
Anything that was business related should be secured in business premises and not taken out of there.

Comment on the photo asking why she has posted when you ticked her consultation form saying you did not give your permission for your photos to be used. Ask her to remove it. Tag her in the comment, let her customers see. This is awful.

I had my teeth overhauled by the dentist. Brace and whitening followed by caps to replace broken front teeth. They took photos for my records. I specifically said the photos were to remain private. The photos later appeared on their social media! I was absolutely furious. They checked my record and there was a note saying photos for dental/medical use only, they blamed the social media manager for posting them without permission.

Also OP you need to report her to the ICO for breaching GDPR laws.

Totally understand how you feel.

In your FB settings there is the option for you to have to personally approve any tags before they appear on your newsfeed. I have that feature turned on so that if anyone does tag me I can decide whether or not I want it on my profile.

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor ah thank you! That’s my lazy reading that missed that part

MyMabel