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my daughter attends nursery i have ticked a box to state i dont want her on social media and twice now I have pulled them up on posting her not her face but on their page where do i stand. I dont even post her on Facebook so I expected them to respect my wishes they push and push asking me. I point blank refuse. But i ticked that box to say no

Most consent seems to be for the face seen or not , but if you have contacted them saying no part of child shown I'm sure you could get a good lawyer to sort it out. However if the nursery is dismissing your wishes then pull the child out and find a bettter one. It's not that hard to not post a photo of a child

If they are disrespecting you on this, they will disrespect you on other matters too. Their attitudes are unlikely to change even if they pretend otherwise.

If you feel that you can’t trust them and don’t want to leave your child in their care, that’s ok. You don’t have to stay with them.

Find another nursery if you can. Sometimes, it’s not that easy. Really good child care centres with great reputations here in Australia can have long waiting lists.

I’m not sure if it’s the same in the UK. But if it is, find another nursery before you give notice to the one you are in now.

Have you specifically told them, in writing, that you do not wish any part of her body to be pictured? The consent is typically only for identifiable images which is probably what they believe they're following.

@NotAnotherTaco is making a fair point. If it is a photo of a number of children and your dd happens to be in it (such as in the background or in the middle of a group of children doing an activity that they want to represent or showcase) and they have blurred her face to make her not identifiable then there probably needs to be some clarification from you that this is not ok. Ask them to completely edit her out.

As long as they are making an effort to respect your wishes then I think you need to work with them a bit. Because, they can’t just say to your dd to stop playing with her friends or temporarily move away from the activity while we take a photo. It wouldn’t be fair on her. Also, they will want to capture the moments throughout the day naturally not posed or set up.

It is in my personal opinion, not very reasonable to ban any part of your child as long as they aren't identifiable by their face. So you know it's her because of the pink cardi but no one else would and she wouldn't be findable by image search.

The reason I say this is because they want to take quick unobtrusive photos and having to ensure that a specific child isn't even there with their back turned makes a lot of work.

You may well have the right, but it seems over careful to me. (And I speak as someone who says no to photos for security reasons.)

So just because you cant identify the child by the face dosent mean you cant identify her by her clothes or style. I used to work in a nursery and if i visit their facebook, there are kids i can identify almost 2 years later just by there clothing!