You need policies on photos

You need guidelines for your employees, consultants and volunteers regarding taking photos - including screen captures - and sharing photos, even in this time of remote work and virtual volunteering. Concerns:

a webinar participant taking a screen capture of participants and some of those participants are under 18 (you need parental permission to take and share such photos), or some of those participants do not want their images shared on social media.
showing via a screen capture on social media who participated in a webinar might actually put a participant in danger (because someone is being cyberstalked, for instance, or someone lives in a country where that person's participation could get that person arrested or harassed by government agents, etc.)

There are lots of examples of parental permission slips and photo releases online, but if you decide to adapt one, or some, be sure to have a lawyer in your state to look it over to make sure all is in order, legally.

And remember that you need to communicate those guidelines more than once to everyone!

Join TechSoup

You need policies on photos

You need policies on photos

New here?