Re: photos for web

I have a release form that we used in the control unit formerly known as
BAS if anyone wants a copy. We were told that we must use it for almost
every situation. A shot of staff appreciation day crowds, for example,
didn't require it, but a group shot of a team that won an award did require
it.

Unfortunately, the form is so detailed and the language so formal that it
seems to me it might make someone worry who wasn't worried before, but as
Marilyn pointed out, there are good reasons to ask for permission. Staff
and faculty privacy may be governed by different policies (is it really?),
but they may well have the same personal reasons for not wanting to appear
on a website.

Kathleen

At 04:50 PM 6/21/2006, Marilyn Saarni wrote:
>There's another issue involved when it comes to our students. Their
>privacy is protected to a higher degree than staff or faculty, and
>apparently if you can recognize them in the photograph, that is sufficient
>to require their permission to post pictures on the web.
>
>But I also have run into a situation that explained exactly why this
>requirement is so important: we had a student who was a victim of a
>stalker who had attacked her in the past, and it was very important to her
>safety that she not have a recognizable photograph on-line for him to
>track her down.

Kathleen Phillips Satz
Manager, Strategic Communications
Administration
University of California, Berkeley 94720-1500

Phone: (510) 642-5219
FAX: (510) 642-9483
http://administration.berkeley.edu

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