Photo Permission Questions

[Alwaysgreener]

I rarely if ever post photos of other people's children on ANY social media sites or anything similar. However I do have photo permission forms for my families because I have used photos of children simply to share on a parent bulletin board or newsletter etc.

The photos of children I have on my website are either my own kids (as younger children) or are stock photos you can find anywhere on the internet.

Another point to remember about photo permission slips/forms is that IF you do post photos on-line or in your advertising materials, MAKE SURE you have parent's sign off that even if they withdraw from care, age out or leave for ANY reason that the photos are YOURS to keep and the form or permission slip does not cover ONLY the time period in which the child/family attends care.

I have seen many providers have photos of kids on their flyers, websites and other advertising materials and then when a family leaves the family wants the photos back or taken down....Imagine having to re-do your entire website or advertising materials because of that.

Great point BC.

FB (and other social media websites) policy (fine print) is that unless you use a watermark on photos that you post even if you delete them, they own a copyright to that photo (the photo once loaded, even if it is not posted, is kept on FB server) and they can use the photo however you they want. So even if you delete it, per DCF request, FB can still use it and DCF could accuse you of not deleting it.

[CalCare]

I have a question for those of you that have these forms, and the forms have several choices- like parent agrees to photos used on bulletin boards but not social media, or parent can opt out of full face photos--- why not just have the photo form at the most basic, where they agree to photos and sign it, and if they don't sign it, no pics? I'm trying to decide what to do now and I don't see the benefit in giving all these choices. It seems very complicated. Isn't it easier to just never photograph that one no signature kid?

I saw the form mummy101 posted above and I was happy to have something to use, but then I saw all those options. I can't imagine myself remembering who agreed to what when photo opt comes up. I mean obviously, I would then check the paperwork before posting/printing, but then I may have no usable photos if the no social media kid is in half and the no bulletin board kid is in the other half.. ?

Edited to add: Good thing that's my son's hand in my profile pic!

[daycare]

I have a question for those of you that have these forms, and the forms have several choices- like parent agrees to photos used on bulletin boards but not social media, or parent can opt out of full face photos--- why not just have the photo form at the most basic, where they agree to photos and sign it, and if they don't sign it, no pics? I'm trying to decide what to do now and I don't see the benefit in giving all these choices. It seems very complicated. Isn't it easier to just never photograph that one no signature kid?

I saw the form mummy101 posted above and I was happy to have something to use, but then I saw all those options. I can't imagine myself remembering who agreed to what when photo opt comes up. I mean obviously, I would then check the paperwork before posting/printing, but then I may have no usable photos if the no social media kid is in half and the no bulletin board kid is in the other half.. ?

Edited to add: Good thing that's my son's hand in my profile pic!

I only have two options.

My opt out option still allows me to take pictures, I just can't take picture of their faces. I don't post faces of any of the kids permission or not on social media, but do when I send out via text message to another family or on our on class dojo app.

I like to keep it simple

[Blackcat31]

why not just have the photo form at the most basic, where they agree to photos and sign it, and if they don't sign it, no pics?

Mine has two options: Yes or No.

I do list examples of how and where I may use photos on the form and then it has only two options, Yes or No.

As simple as it gets.

[Ariana]

I don't give an option . When the parent signs the contract they automatically sign to allow their childrens photos to be taken. The photos are only used on my private FB site that only the parents can see but there is no 'opt out' choice.