Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Privacy Issues and the Web

This morning I got the following email from my niece Windi:


Just for kicks tonight I "googled" my name, first with my married last name....then with my maiden name (mostly I was making sure no one else was using my name!!) and look what I found!!! An old art show I was in before I was married!
How funny! It's my art on the wall! I have NO idea who took this photo....but I sure didn't get a copy....and was never told it would be on the web. Freaky. These pieces are now on our bookshelf wall. Yoga poses.



The website is http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/EXHIBITS/2002student/ceramics/source/22.htm

I truncated back on the url http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/EXHIBITS/2002student/ceramics/
and found that Windi's ceramics were in an art show at San Antonio College. There are photographs of all the works of art in the show.


Should the webmaster have gotten Windi's permission before posting a picture of her work? Were any laws violated? Was it OK since the web page is an education site?

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