event pictures online in 1 hour including names....

Yesterday, I participated at an business event with 220 participants a photog taking pictures. An hour after the even a good selection of pictures of the event were on-line including the names of every person in focus on the pictures. Very impressed!

Facial recognition can do some rather impressive things, especially if all the people involved have been previously photographed and labeled.

Also, in some groups with access to something like Facebook 'tagging' feature you will find a few of 'those people'... Who will flip through every single photo as fast as possible, and tag everyone they can as quickly as they can.

I uploaded some game photos to Facebook last summer, and one player on a visiting team had gone through and tagged all of her teammates in less time than it took me to upload the files to the server.

Are photo releases obtained when technology like this is used? I wouldn't want my image and name all over some public space just because I'd attended a meeting.

OhLook wrote in post #17980816
Are photo releases obtained when technology like this is used? I wouldn't want my image and name all over some public space just because I'd attended a meeting.

Not actually needed in most parts of the world, as that isn't what a release would cover. If the page is merely documenting an event, then you won't have much ground to stand on and complain in many jurisdictions if you are documented as having been somewhere that does not include a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Luckless wrote in post #17980831
Not actually needed in most parts of the world, as that isn't what a release would cover.

That's the legal aspect. What about courtesy?

I understand that low-resolution footage of me crossing streets must be captured by numerous security cameras, but my name isn't attached to it and the general public doesn't see it.

OhLook wrote in post #17980852
That's the legal aspect. What about courtesy?
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I agree that I'd be unhappy about having my name and face plastered on someone's website without my permission, but unfortunately it seems that courtesy is a vanishing commodity in today's world.

Courtesy to one is an insult to another. I've had people nearly flip out at me over "Not tagging them" in Facebook albums when others were. (I don't tag players, the other players do that.)

I do make an effort to avoid posting photos of anyone who asks NOT to of course. But things really aren't always easily cut and dry when you start dealing with a whole lot of people.

Luckless wrote in post #17980900
Courtesy to one is an insult to another. I've had people nearly flip out at me over "Not tagging them" in Facebook albums when others were. (I don't tag players, the other players do that.)

I do make an effort to avoid posting photos of anyone who asks NOT to of course. But things really aren't always easily cut and dry when you start dealing with a whole lot of people.

This.

People lose their minds if I don't tag them on IG or FB, even when they're people I hardly know.

At a public event I have no issues with being seen and tagged in photos. Just ask before you take a picture. And the country this happened (Switzerland) has stronger privacy protection then the US has (but also less lawyers). Additionally, I do think there is a difference in being tagged on Facebook or Google compared to other photo sites. FB and ABC have their business model centered around exploiting these kind of information and they will exploit that.
And, just in case somebody is interested - here's the site we talking about: http://event.nzz.ch/E5​6CECE971FD25

OhLook wrote in post #17980852
That's the legal aspect. What about courtesy?

I understand that low-resolution footage of me crossing streets must be captured by numerous security cameras, but my name isn't attached to it and the general public doesn't see it.

Simply by being in a public location (not inside the walls of your own home) you immediately make yourself subject to being photographed and your image posted in public forums and in print. Privacy is gone when you are not 'in a place where you expect to have privacy'. In a changing room you are protected, outside the door to a changing room you are fair game.

This oddity in folks today, about Facebook and tagging, goes along with the 'share my life to all and post details of my life immediately whenever I leave my home' mentality! They are stupid enough to post realtime details that let burglars know they can go to their home to rob them!

EverydayGetaway wrote in post #17980997
This.

People lose their minds if I don't tag them on IG or FB, even when they're people I hardly know.

Wow - this is amazing....but unfortunately I believe you. People gotta' get a grip - that's pretty sad when people get so upset over issues like this when there are for more important things to be worried about; another reflection of the "Me, Me" society.

Yes, if one doesn't want to be recorded at all one shouldn't even get out of the house.

I'm more concerned about Big Bother's 'security' cameras recordings than about some bloke on the other side of the pond seeing my face and name tag attached.

My wife and I volunteer in the local parks system and also at a large arboretum, both of which host public events throughout the year. At each place there is posted signage stating that "by attending this event you may possibly be photographed or end up on video," or some similar verbiage. Sometimes I'm even the photographer - but we do warn folks in advance. If and when the images go online, the faces usually are NOT tagged with ID info.

drmaxx wrote in post #17981700
At a public event I have no issues with being seen and tagged in photos. Just ask before you take a picture.

When you say "Just ask," it seems that you do have issues with something, but I can't quite figure out what. At a public event, a photographer isn't required to ask. It'd surprise me, though, if photographers were entitled to tag without the subject's consent. Situations where this could be troubling include stalking and child custody.

Being recorded as a face in a crowd watching a parade, for instance, wouldn't bother me. That's a truly public event. A business meeting or celebration isn't. Presumably, everyone there was invited. Why should the photos be circulated outside that group?