AIBU to be very annoyed that I have just found a newspaper photo of my DC's on the internet.

[nolembit]

I have just been looking at our local paper online and found a picture of the entire school including my DC's with the local MP.

I fill in a photographic permission slip every year which states that my DC's picture cannot be used on the web.

I am fuming and don't know whether to speak to the school or the newspaper. I am also annoyed that this put's me in a very difficult position wrt other parents/school as they will not have the opportunity to take another picture without my DC's. I am so mad in fact I am livid!!!!!!!

[glassescase]

PS, the views expressed on here are my own- but I know others agree with me...

[tjacksonpfc]

You have just said in a large school, the op said that her dcs are at a small village school. Like wise the school i photograph for is a small village school of less then 90 children so it is very easy to distinguish individuals faces in a whole school photo.

I would love to know aswell just out of interest how you know parents are being precious. Does the parents have to put a reason on your opt out forms or does your school not bother with these?

[Pleb1969]

I have worked in primary schools and ANY outside agencies that may take photos would not have any access to children that we did not have permission to use photos of - this meant that those children had to be occupied elsewhere when certain activites were being photographed but that was to ensure we complied with the parent's wishes. It does not matter what the reason is, if that is the parent's wish you have to respect it.

[A1980]

YANBU because you have said that you object.

However I don;t think you DC's are at risk from a random photo with other children in it. How would your husbands old client's know to look for it unless they knew of its existence?

Are you and your husband on the electoral role? Well I'm assuming these "client's" know your husbands real name. The electoral role can be searched quickly, easily and cheaply. You kick off and get the photo taken down, bar your children from being in any more photos and meanwhile the ex client's get his address from the electoral role and find out everyhting that way. See you leaving in the morning and know exactly which school they go to?

Chilling? Yes, but entirely plausible and easy to do. I think your concern is misplaced, there are easier ways of finding your DC's without a random newspaper photo the ex client's dont know about.

[sunnydelight]

YANBU because you ticked the box that said you do not give permission, consequences/ramifications are to a certain extent irrelevant. If there is an option to withhold permission there needs to be systems in place to prevent things like this from happening.

[SpareRoomSleeper]

Cant believe some people on here think its ok for a school to breach a parents trust in this manner. Its absolutely bloody appalling, and OP, kick off a big stinking fuss so that it never happens again. Sod the other parents, I'm sure no one elses dc's have parents who worked with convicted pedos. And didnt the school know your individual circumstances and were extra careful because of it?

Like I said, big stinking fuss!

[Shtiv]

Why do you even care? Some people get hung up on the most ridiculous things. What do you think is going to happen if a picture of your child is on the internet? Grow up love.

[DrPolidori]

For those of you who seem to have less than one brain cell, if a school asks for your permission to photograph your children, it automatically leads one to suppose those who say know will have their wishes adhered to.

duh. Not about growing up, love, about following procedure. And Shtiv. Love. Have you not read all the many reasons given on this thread about why people do not want their children identified in a photo published outside of school?

Ooh, let me guess, you didn't read the whole thread.

Just to recap/

Looked after children
Children at risk from abusive parents (see DV)
Children at risk because of their parents jobs (Pace working with offenders)
Children whose parents JUST DONT WANT THEIR KIDS PICTURES SPLATTERED OVER THE LOCAL PRESS.

Just because it doesn't come within your radar, doesn't mean its unreasonable.


And WTF does it matter to you if people don't want their kids photographed?

[DrPolidori]

Obviously I meant those who said "No" rather than "know".

Bah. too cross to write properly.

[lulalullabye]

DrPolidori well said!!!

[honeyandsalt]

A1980 - if you had read your electoral registration form properly, you'd have seen that you can opt out of the publically-searchable electoral register. I'm not sure what purpose your post, and many others' on this board, has served other than as a rather despicable attempt to terrify the OP. FFS.

[GnomeDePlume]

It isnt for a bunch of randoms on MN to decide whether or not opting out of school photographs will provide OP with good security. I am quite sure that the OP is capable of (and will have done so) putting in place the appropriate security measures.

The point here is that the OP made a request to the school via the school's own procedures. The school has monumentally cocked up. It doesnt matter whether this was 'dont photograph my child' or 'dont give my child nuts' this was one of those things a school should not get wrong.

The OP should be furious with the school and make sure they know this is a huge error on their part. The school should not only be apologising to OP but also putting in place new measures to ensure this doesnt happen again.

If they cant do this then the photo permission slips might as well be hung on a nail in the school lavatories.

[motherinferior]

The thing is, it's not the school's fault - it's a horrible glitch because the newspaper's online version used those pics (and that is what you have to expect, I'm afraid, if a newspaper takes a pic). It is perfectly possible to find pics of my kids, and children whose families I've interviewed, splashed all over the internet because of the online versions of those features.

If this worries you, you need to be clear with the school that your children aren't photographed.

In this case, though, I think the risks of them being identified are, fortunately, minimal.

[sapphirestar]

We don't find those parents a 'PITA' in my school. We triple-check we have permission before photos go on the website

[motherinferior]

The school didn't have control over the photos. That's the point. So the only way to prevent these photos going on the internet is by saying no photos. Which is perfectly feasible.