Posting photos on minti

Excellent advice.  Thanks.  Lots of deleted comments in this thread.  I'm one who doesn't like to put photos on the internet other than in photobucket or on facebook, and even then they're private and only my friends and family on facebook can see them.  Some of the photos are made so that only a couple of people can see them and the rest can't.  They all know not to put up photos of Miss 5 on their facebook pages too.  It's just something that's freaked me out ever since that couple over in the US had photos of their premmie baby taken and someone else used all those photos from the babies first 18 months of life and made out like she was her baby.  That was a few years ago, on another forum that was an American forum but it just freaked me out and I was only new to the internet as well so it had me scared from then.  There's another site that's very private that I'm administrator on, only members can see posts and only members who have approval can see the photo section but it still freaks me out just the thought of someone else copying and pasting photos of other people's children and using them for who knows what.

very true.

this is very good advice. i love posting pics of my own children, but would never do that to anybody else. wouldnt want anybody else to do that to my kids either

totally agree.  I am happy to have my kids pics up for everyone to see and I am choosy of which particular pics I put up, but i know that others are more cautious and respect that.  any time a picture is taken of your child that may be published in any way, a media release or consent MUST be given (schools, hospitals, childcare centres, kindy, all have these rules).

Excellent advice lexiw. People should be more considerate of others when posting pics. They obviously already have the pic on pc, its not hard to use a program to cut out the background and therefore would only be posting ;pics of themselves and their own children

Very true. I would like to know if others are posting pics of my kids.

I could'nt  agree more.It's only common sence and curticey.Good to read some considerate advice. 

i completely agree with you,thanks for the valuable advise

Hi,

what good advice, I agree!!

I would never put someone eles pics without asking them first!

Toddlers2008 

I agree! has someone here on minti been doing ti alot or something?? cause you seem quite angry. I have permission to take photo's of my daycare kid's ect and post over the net as they have signed to give me permission, but I don't do that anyway as I can't get the blasted thing to upload my photos anymore as I'm having problems with my browsers ARGH!. but very good point, n there's probably alot of people who have never even thought about it before.

 Absolutely!! I am careful not to include pix of other children even though I would love too. I'd be so mad if someone did it too us!!

Katie x

I strongly agree Lexi. My brother and sister in law won't let me put up pics of my neices and in a way I am glad. I also agree that you MUST get consent from parents if you are using a picture of their child- even if they are in the background. This makes it a bit tricky when, for instance, most of my performing pictures will have kids in them and can't be used unless I can track down the kids I don't know's parents- but it's not hard to find parents that will give permission. I think the danger is in having a picture of your child and accidentally providing too many details such as their name, childcare centre or location of a place that they play regularly. If I can't find a parent of a child that might be in a really good photo with one of my characters, I either cut the child out using an editing program or blur their faces completely using the same program. GREAT REMINDER THOUGH! It's important for all of us to help ALL kids safe, not just the ones we know :)

Tanya :)

i agree totally i have pics of my nephew on myspace but my sister knows so does my brother inlaw too and i have pics of them have you had a bad experience or something

Well said I posted  pic of my freind baby after I'd gone on and on about the lill fella but I did get permission and se herself would love to join the minti mums but her internet connection is currently dial-up so she pops on when shevisits or gets me loking for advice. The web is a dangerous place I post alot of pics but only via sites I trust, I think it was a few wks b4 I posted here on minti sorry guy' s but better safe than sorry.

hugs jo xxx

Well said Lexi.........

Amanda xxx

I would never presume to put someones picture on a profile that has nothing to do with them. I think that would be the height of rudeness.

Leisa

great advice and well done,  i agree with you a 100% its the same with schools child care and other places like that all need written permission to show any photos