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    From Martin Harran@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 28 11:47:30 2023
    I take part in a Facebook group where people share memories of the
    town where I grew up (there are many such groups on FB). Old photos
    are particularly popular and living people are often identified in
    them in three main ways.

    1 Sometimes people will include a list of names when posting the
    photo.

    2 Sometimes it will be a photo copied from an old local newspaper
    including a caption with the names.

    3 Sometimes it will be someone replying to the post saying something
    along the lines of "Oh look, there's so and so!"

    Ignoring copyright infringement, are there GDPR or other privacy
    implications in this and, if so, are they affected by the particular
    way in which the person has been identified?

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  • From Jethro_uk@21:1/5 to Martin Harran on Sat Oct 28 13:08:59 2023
    On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 11:47:30 +0100, Martin Harran wrote:

    I take part in a Facebook group where people share memories of the town
    where I grew up (there are many such groups on FB). Old photos are particularly popular and living people are often identified in them in
    three main ways.

    1 Sometimes people will include a list of names when posting the photo.

    2 Sometimes it will be a photo copied from an old local newspaper
    including a caption with the names.

    3 Sometimes it will be someone replying to the post saying something
    along the lines of "Oh look, there's so and so!"

    Ignoring copyright infringement, are there GDPR or other privacy
    implications in this and, if so, are they affected by the particular way
    in which the person has been identified?

    Not the Harrow one is it ?

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  • From Mark Goodge@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 28 21:26:18 2023
    On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 11:47:30 +0100, Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:

    I take part in a Facebook group where people share memories of the
    town where I grew up (there are many such groups on FB). Old photos
    are particularly popular and living people are often identified in
    them in three main ways.

    1 Sometimes people will include a list of names when posting the
    photo.

    2 Sometimes it will be a photo copied from an old local newspaper
    including a caption with the names.

    3 Sometimes it will be someone replying to the post saying something
    along the lines of "Oh look, there's so and so!"

    Ignoring copyright infringement, are there GDPR or other privacy
    implications in this and, if so, are they affected by the particular
    way in which the person has been identified?

    If it's a re-publication of a previously published image, then no, there are
    no GDPR implications. Even if it isn't, if it's a commercial photo taken in
    a public place or a purely personal photo then there are no GDPR
    implications either.

    Mark

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