Safeguarding at nursery?

[elephantjuiceq]

I was looking at a local nursery Facebook and they've uploaded pictures plus names of the children. Is that not safeguarding?

They can do this with permission from parents/guardians.

All settings have to get permission to post pictures. But names are unusual I would say.

If the parents have given permission it’s ok. But I would have thought that people are much more aware now of protecting their children’s privacy online.

Depends what parents have agreed to. I would not be concerned with my child's photo and name being available as it's pretty publicly available anyway.

Depends what parents have agreed to. I would not be concerned with my child's photo and name being available as it's pretty publicly available anyway.

Why is your child's name public available?

Most schools would just use first name and initial and only with parental consent but as long as they have a clear social media policy which assumes opt out unless parents have returned the permission form then it’s no issue.

Only? That's a lot of details...

I don't think this was part of the sharing policy

What sharing policy?

You consent to putting pictures of your kid on their social media..I didn't realise it was names as well

So what did you think the policy was?

generally in the new starter pack there will be a photo consent form included with all the other forms. This will have consent to take photos, to use them internally, on any apps they have and externally for publicity and on social media. The form as best practise would be sent out annually.

parents can opt out of any or all options and that will be respected.

Yes photos. Not sharing their names either..... Thats not part of it. A review said a key worker wouldn't tell them who their friend was at nursery....

The policy could well mention using names. The one for DS school and the one I work in certainly do.

Is is somewhere you are planning to put your dc? In that case just ask to see their policy.

I don't think it is..I've already signed it but didn't.habe a copy

Because you’ve given permission. I wouldn’t give two hoots if my child’s photo and name are on the Facebook page. 🤷🏻‍♀️ At 2 or 3, it’s not like some stranger is going to approach them on the walk home, befriend them and kidnap them because they saw them on the nursery website. They’re 2! Speaking from experience, the greatest risk to children that age comes from trusted adults in the family who they already probably spend unsupervised time with, not from Facebook.

IME a lot of people tick a box on a form and are then rather surprised it doesn't say what they expected. I like my DB and SIL very much, but they were quite surprised that when they ticked consenting to photos not showing their child's face, their child was indeed included in photographs facing away.

No I didn't give permission for his name

But that's different.

If you provided permission for photos and don’t want your dc named online I would withdraw permission.

Do you not think the two are different?

I didn't say it was the same, though? I gave it as an example of people ticking a box and assuming it must say what they expect, rather than what it says.

Yes, of course. You don’t recall the policy and you haven’t retained a copy of it. It sounds like you mistakenly agreed to something you’re not happy with.

Most people just sign without properly reading unless it’s something they are passionate about.

if you have signed but now want to change consent then that’s fine, contact them on Tuesday and ask for a new form. It’s a non issue