Comments on: We’re a WEF Technology Pioneer http://blog.polarrose.com/2007/11/were-a-wef-technology-pioneer/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:47:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: T http://blog.polarrose.com/2007/11/were-a-wef-technology-pioneer/#comment-69202 T Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:47:41 +0000 http://blog.polarrose.com/2007/11/were-a-wef-technology-pioneer/#comment-69202 Great idea, and I'm sure you as first adopter will be enormously successful. I have three questions that I can' t find a definitive answer to anywhere else, however: 1) What is your definition of "private" photos? You have mentioned, I believe, but never confirmed that if you have to access a photo via a password, it won't be included. 2) What is your current idea of properly tagging photos to be excluded? 3) What kind of opt-out system or detagging policy are you planning to offer? Many websites recognize that private photos are easily uploaded without the photographer or subject's consent. If a copyrighted or otherwise private photo appears in the public domain, what are your current plans to deal with requests to remove this photo from your tagging? (I'm assuming a gap between getting the host to remove the photo, or a host that refuses to remove the photo despite legitimate cause). I've seen increasing internet chatter about these concerns, particularly #3, and thanks to Facebook's new policies these concerns are extremely topical. I'm sure you have already sought legal counsel on this issue -- you could save us all time by posting a clarified version of your policies in your privacy statement. Great idea, and I’m sure you as first adopter will be enormously successful. I have three questions that I can’ t find a definitive answer to anywhere else, however:

1) What is your definition of “private” photos? You have mentioned, I believe, but never confirmed that if you have to access a photo via a password, it won’t be included.

2) What is your current idea of properly tagging photos to be excluded?

3) What kind of opt-out system or detagging policy are you planning to offer? Many websites recognize that private photos are easily uploaded without the photographer or subject’s consent. If a copyrighted or otherwise private photo appears in the public domain, what are your current plans to deal with requests to remove this photo from your tagging? (I’m assuming a gap between getting the host to remove the photo, or a host that refuses to remove the photo despite legitimate cause).

I’ve seen increasing internet chatter about these concerns, particularly #3, and thanks to Facebook’s new policies these concerns are extremely topical. I’m sure you have already sought legal counsel on this issue—you could save us all time by posting a clarified version of your policies in your privacy statement.

]]> By: John http://blog.polarrose.com/2007/11/were-a-wef-technology-pioneer/#comment-68659 John Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:56:06 +0000 http://blog.polarrose.com/2007/11/were-a-wef-technology-pioneer/#comment-68659 Polar Rose, Well deserved. I love the plug in and look forward to seeing matching being turned on. -- John Polar Rose,

Well deserved. I love the plug in and look forward to seeing matching being turned on.
—John

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