Re: The NSA has a picture of you
The guy at the photomat (or the homeless guy in front of the 7-11) has far less of an ability to lock me up for the rest of my life than the NSA. I'd rather trust ANY random schmuck over ANY government entity. This is the lesson that our Founders wanted us to learn.
That being said, the school should have checked the companies information before settling on the lowest bidder...I guarantee that *someone* had to "approve" the pictures be used after the fact for advertising or whatever. As far as them "retaining" the information, they aren't doing it for any legal reasons (probably), and are doing it because...well...bringing in 100 kids a 2nd time around is probably a big pain in the ass - especially when you (at that point) need to get parents involved. While they may have a "minimum" timeframe that they need to keep the photos, I'm willing to bet that 99% of them get lost to the bit-bucket as soon as 1) space becomes an issue - likely frequently 2) they change computers (again, likely frequently) 3) some idiot accidentally deletes the folder (I've met these kinds of people...this happens a lot, I'm sure) etc etc etc.
I *am* inclined to agree with you that having all of your kids' personal information with their picture is probably an issue and can probably be taken to court.
But the Government? They copy your shit a dozen times, forget where they put half of it, back up the rest of it in triplicate and send it to every "snoop" agency that they do business with (read: All of them). I prefer my (and my kids) chances when dealing with an unscrupulous individual over an unscrupulous government.
Bigger things to worry about? Well yes, on the face of it, being worried about your pictures being snagged from FB isn't really that big of a deal. It's the larger implications that are concerning.
Doc: Well, unfortunately this is where the double-standard comes into play. As Americans, our Government is "allowed" to spy on anyone other than Americans. Also, we're selfish, self-centered douchebags that figure if you had a brain in your head you'd live in the United States, because that's just how retarded we think down here. We don't "worry" about spying on non citizens...after all, non-citizens are the "bad" ones, aren't they?
Yeah...I didn't say it made any sense at all. But if you want us to stop spying on you, you should probably wait until they stop spying on us...nobody's going to listen to you until then anyway
Originally posted by Hawkfeathers
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That being said, the school should have checked the companies information before settling on the lowest bidder...I guarantee that *someone* had to "approve" the pictures be used after the fact for advertising or whatever. As far as them "retaining" the information, they aren't doing it for any legal reasons (probably), and are doing it because...well...bringing in 100 kids a 2nd time around is probably a big pain in the ass - especially when you (at that point) need to get parents involved. While they may have a "minimum" timeframe that they need to keep the photos, I'm willing to bet that 99% of them get lost to the bit-bucket as soon as 1) space becomes an issue - likely frequently 2) they change computers (again, likely frequently) 3) some idiot accidentally deletes the folder (I've met these kinds of people...this happens a lot, I'm sure) etc etc etc.
I *am* inclined to agree with you that having all of your kids' personal information with their picture is probably an issue and can probably be taken to court.
But the Government? They copy your shit a dozen times, forget where they put half of it, back up the rest of it in triplicate and send it to every "snoop" agency that they do business with (read: All of them). I prefer my (and my kids) chances when dealing with an unscrupulous individual over an unscrupulous government.
Bigger things to worry about? Well yes, on the face of it, being worried about your pictures being snagged from FB isn't really that big of a deal. It's the larger implications that are concerning.
Doc: Well, unfortunately this is where the double-standard comes into play. As Americans, our Government is "allowed" to spy on anyone other than Americans. Also, we're selfish, self-centered douchebags that figure if you had a brain in your head you'd live in the United States, because that's just how retarded we think down here. We don't "worry" about spying on non citizens...after all, non-citizens are the "bad" ones, aren't they?
Yeah...I didn't say it made any sense at all. But if you want us to stop spying on you, you should probably wait until they stop spying on us...nobody's going to listen to you until then anyway
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