Posting and sharing pictures of children on social media have become a favorite past time of parents these days, but this seemingly harmless activity could land one in jail.
The children could later sue their parents for breaching their privacy and posting their photos without their permission. Well, this has been advised by French authorities, as part of the country’s stringent privacy laws.
According to The Telegraph, parents could face penalties as severe as a year term in prison and a fine of €45,000 if found guilty of publishing intimate details of the private lives of their children without their consent.
In a few years, children could easily take their parents to court for publishing photos of them when they were younger,” said Eric Delcroix, an expert on internet law and ethics. “We often criticise teenagers for their online behaviour, but parents are no better,” he added.
The internet law expert was of the view that that people should think about how their children will feel in future about images of them as infants or adolescents being posted on Facebook or other social networks. “Children at certain stages do not wish to be photographed or still less for those photos to be made public,” he told Le Figaro newspaper.
The Gendarmerie, a French military force assigned on police duties, has already posted a warning to the parents on its Facebook page saying, “Posting photos of your children on Facebook is not without danger … Protect your children!”.
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