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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15257 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:17 pm Post subject: A Rare Look at the CamerAlert Photo Submissions |
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The majority of our submissions for new cameras come from our CamerAlert app for iPhone, iPad and Android. The app allows users to submit a photo and a voice note to aid with verification of the submission and, in general, these are very helpful. We do, however, get some not-so-helpful ones...
Up until now access to these photos has been to a select few but as it's the end of the year and time to celebrate that the world didn't end (no surprise there...) then we thought we would share some of the helpful images with you and also some of the not-so-helpful ones. A few of them were deemed unsuitable to publish onb a family-friendly website though...
See the gallery here... |
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cdrider1 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 26, 2005 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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I assume all those people gave their permission for their photos to be posted online? |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15257 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, by using the app and submitting them to us they agree to our privacy policy which, very helpfully, also states: Quote: | If you do not want to give PocketGPSWorld permission to use your information, simply do not provide it. |
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cdrider1 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Unless you're 100% certain they're all self portraits I really don't think you should be putting pictures of people up on your website. Just because your privacy policy says don't provide the info doesn't mean you have to upload them.
Honestly, uploading pictures of 3rd parties without their knowledge or permission is really poor. |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15257 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your feedback.
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WLMOATE Regular Visitor
Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 99
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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I will admit to sending one of them in sorry :-(
I am the one wearing the grey high voltage equipment with rubber gloves.
Wayne _________________ Wayne
MY-SOS, Benefon TWIG, DriveSmart, Wayfinder |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:29 am Post subject: |
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cdrider1 wrote: |
Honestly, uploading pictures of 3rd parties without their knowledge or permission is really poor. |
That sounds like a very dangerous slippery slope to me.
Does a newspaper have to gain explicit consent from everyone before printing a photo of them taken in a public place? _________________ "Settling in nicely" ;-) |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:10 am Post subject: |
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But it is slightly different to the newspaper analogy as the submitters have presumably sent in the photos in error. I'm certain that Mr. HV man above didn't mean to send the photo of himself looking like something that has just been struck by lightning and might be also keeping bees in his spare time. Perhaps they should have, as the SAS man on Top Gear has, a pixellated face |
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Anwen Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:46 am Post subject: |
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cdrider1
What pathetic comments. So petty. Go read any daily newspaper.
Andy_P wrote: | cdrider1 wrote: |
Honestly, uploading pictures of 3rd parties without their knowledge or permission is really poor. |
That sounds like a very dangerous slippery slope to me.
Does a newspaper have to gain explicit consent from everyone before printing a photo of them taken in a public place? |
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Gurubarry Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 16, 2012 Posts: 22
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Happy New Year everyone, thanks for a good laugh , I personally don't know, or want to know, any persons , living or ficticious in the aforementioned submission.
I found the article very well written , and a useful insight into the work of running PGPS .
I suppose every photo taken by a hidden roadside digital camera has the express permission to be uploaded to the police database as well ....get a Life and drive safely . _________________ Don't Take Life too Seriously-You'll Never Get Out Alive |
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MarkWorthington Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 15, 2009 Posts: 50
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Gurubarry Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:33 am Post subject: |
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We know this ...very Funny this video...but he causes havoc sometimes . _________________ Don't Take Life too Seriously-You'll Never Get Out Alive |
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sausages Lifetime Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Posts: 62
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:49 am Post subject: |
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"If you do not want to give PocketGPSWorld permission to use your information, simply do not provide it"
Doesn't cover publishing pictures without permission and sounds petulant. Should read " by submitting images to PGPSW you grant permission for PGPSW to store, transmit, publish ON ITS OWN WEBSITE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSES OF.... etc."
"Honestly, uploading pictures of 3rd parties without their knowledge or permission is really poor"
In your opinion. It's perfectly legal.
"Does a newspaper have to gain explicit consent from everyone before printing a photo of them taken in a public place?"
No, but there are Press Complaints Commission guidelines, none of which apply here. There are also NUJ guidelines, none of which apply here.
"What pathetic comments. So petty. Go read any daily newspaper"
Not sure what the latter has to do with the former and I'd use ill informed rather then pathetic to describe the comments but, hey, it's the internet, home of the ill informed, land of the opinionated. |
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Anwen Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:35 am Post subject: |
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What are you - Editor-in-Chief, or just God?
sausages wrote: | "If you do not want to give PocketGPSWorld permission to use your information, simply do not provide it"
Doesn't cover publishing pictures without permission and sounds petulant. Should read " by submitting images to PGPSW you grant permission for PGPSW to store, transmit, publish ON ITS OWN WEBSITE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSES OF.... etc."
"Honestly, uploading pictures of 3rd parties without their knowledge or permission is really poor"
In your opinion. It's perfectly legal.
"Does a newspaper have to gain explicit consent from everyone before printing a photo of them taken in a public place?"
No, but there are Press Complaints Commission guidelines, none of which apply here. There are also NUJ guidelines, none of which apply here.
"What pathetic comments. So petty. Go read any daily newspaper"
Not sure what the latter has to do with the former and I'd use ill informed rather then pathetic to describe the comments but, hey, it's the internet, home of the ill informed, land of the opinionated. |
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sausages Lifetime Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Posts: 62
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Anwen wrote: | What are you - Editor-in-Chief, or just God? |
I'd say just god but god doesn't exist whereas I clearly do.
Who are you?
Three posts in 4 years?
You wouldn't be a fake account, would you? |
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