Went on GDPR training yesterday and all morning been thinking about privacy from kids' point of view (or they view they may develop as they mature)...
Thinking about posting pictures of our children/young relatives/friends children (with friends permission of course) on open social media profiles - when these young people grow up, will they mind pictures of them being out in cyberspace? Or do you think it will be so commonplace by then they won't think twice about it?
I screen grab pictures I like - someone's hairstyle, necklace, hat etc on open profiles (mostly from Instagram, rather than Facebook) but could easily make a whole album of children from birth-aged 8,9,10 of people on my Friends list. As a parent/guardian, is the decision with us to put pictures of them online or wait for them to be old enough to decide? I know lots of people have privacy settings set up so only their Friends list sees them, so not this group - as you could argue this is no different to emailing/sending in the post a picture of kids to relatives/friends to keep. Should we wait until these babies/young people reach (is it 13 you can legally join Facebook? Not sure about other social media?) a certain age and if they want to set up their own profile and upload pictures they can?
If the novelty of social media wears off, in the sense of sharing your family life, when these children become adults, will it be impossible for them not to leave a social media footprint as these pictures have already been out there for x no of years, beyond their control?