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> DNA sequencing is eventually going to be so cheap and ubiquitous that it will happen to everyone anyway. Photography is so cheap and ubiquitous that it happe
by taneq 5y ago
> DNA sequencing is eventually going to be so cheap and ubiquitous that it will happen to everyone anyway.
Photography is so cheap and ubiquitous that it happens to everyone anyway. That still doesn't mean it's OK for you to sell photos of me in a private setting without my permission.
It's nice that you've chosen to publish your own genome but I bet you'd feel a little different if someone else had published it without your consent.
- mcculley 5y ago
- ghaff 5y agoIn private? Mostly not. But with some exceptions (basically for marketing or advertising purposes--unless it's allowed by the Ts & Cs of some event which is common) any photo taken in public (basically outside your home) is fair game. ADDED: For those disagreeing: In general, I'll generally respect your wishes if you don't want your photo taken. But (in the US) if you're in a public place, you have no legal recourse (outside of some specific commercial uses). And that's how things are and will continue to be.
- tremon 5y agohttps://www.longmores.law/articles/data-protection-issues-for-photographers/ https://www.longmores.law/articles/data-protection-issues-fo... (2014)
- ghaff 5y agoFirst of all, that's the UK. Secondly, there is a lot of hand waving on that page. The bottom line is that if I take a picture of you in a public space like a park and publish it without a misleading caption on my blog, you have no real recourse (although the reality is that if it was just there for no particular purpose and you asked me to take it down after the fact I probably would).