Digital Law? Ownership of File vs. Content?

When posting your picture on a social network and the terms are that the network then owns your picture, is this an infringment on you privacy? And I am not going the step further to bring up that a third party is accessing it!

I am wondering what the service man has to say about this as he has to live with it.

There certainly will be a shift in personnel if somebody is not happy about this.

But I also wonder how often the service technician turns out to be the cleaner. Is there maybe a safety concern? Or is it just a sales stunt? Personalised service is well received and maybe in the interrest of the service technican to raise her/his profile.

Sorry can not comment on the rights quesiton. There will be hundrets of lawyers discussing this and never reach an agreement.

I personally believe the face is mine regardless who owns the picture. So whatever is done with my picture has to agree with me.

PS If company has the technician signing a statement they will do what they need to do.

I don't think it is a problem unless it's misused, misrepresented or used in a commercial enterprise without consent and/or compensation....

It's a classic problem creation exercise.
Dreamt up by some fatuous marketting wonk.
People just want service not bells whistles or bits of paper saying they are going to get service.
To illustrate the bonkersness of suck stuff.

Yesterday I got 2 E-mails saying my photo prints were ready to be collected
But,
I had already collected them.
.
..
...

In February

Del

Sooo...if it's not as bad in (subjective) comparison to what somebody else is already doing, then it's okay?

Nope. I didn't say it was okay, however, a person can quit working for, or doing business with, any company they don't like.

Not doing business with the government, is not an option.

The user is going to see the person when he/she arrives, unless they are masked.

I think it is a good idea in the name of safety.

What does Ms. Sidow think ?

WALOOB...

A scenario:-

Knock knock

I'm the repair man.
You don't look like the guy in the picture.
No, That picture is the other guy, he got called away...

But how do I know you're not the mad axeman?

I am the mad axeman, but I'm going to pretend to repair the coppier.

But hey no... you can't be the mad axemen 'cos how did the mad axeman know your coppier needed repair?

Ah but I could be a clever mad axeman who knows that all coppiers are shite and therefore always in need of repair.

Ah, you are very philosophical about this..
Yes, it's because I'm Rene Descarte... I think, I am the coppier repair man..
Therefor I am! But how do I know YOU aren't a mad axeman phoning up pretending your coppier is duff?

Ha, you've got me there... maybe we are both mad axemen... lets do scisors paper stone to find out who is who?

Del

Understood, but the repairmen are only a couple guys who have been to these sites many times.

No unknowns here!

Bottom line - they can own the file, but can they use my face wherever, whenever??

No.

For example; they couldn't use your face in any commercial endeavor without your permission. I'm sure there are many other examples of what can and can't be done with someone's image.

But in reality, these days, your face doesn't mean much. Anybody with a cell phone can capture it and do whatever they want with it. Even if it isn't legal, it would be difficult to track them down.

I just make sure to stay ugly enough that no one wants my face.

How is the picture to appear on the screen of a faulty unit?

Error 1: Printer does not communicate

Error 2: Screen does not operate

Error 3: No function at all

Error 4: Wording "Paper jammed, call service" appears on screen, and cannot be overridden

Error 5: .......

And how much easier would it be to fix the problem remotely, rather than send it a picture? - obviously got comms to send the image