Photos of our house on Social Media

Conology

I have asked our builder not to post photos of the Extension to our house on Social Media, but I notice today that he has put several photos on his Facebook page etc.

Pse advise

a) has he the right to post them "without our consent" &

b) have we the right to get him to take them down,

c) have we the right to post photos on HIS FB page, showing some negative photos / comments,

Thank you

Lenar3556

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058273555/photos-of-our-house-on-social-media

a) probably, although he would usually be ill advised to do so with a customer who has grievances. Did it feature in your written agreement?

b) doubtful

c) probably, but be careful about engaging in defamatory conduct towards him. As things stand you have a leak, you don’t know a whole lot more about why this has occurred and who is at fault. Taking such action is likely to worsen your relationship with him and impact the ease at which you will manage to resolve the issues.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058273555/photos-of-our-house-on-social-media

A no

B yes

Also if he is using the photos to advertise his business he is wrong

If your house is robbed and i am a photographer I can photograph your house and sell it as editorial i.e news to local paper.

But i can't use the photos to promote my alarm business saying this house would not have been robbed if they had my alarm

If he is using your house to promote his business i.e in a commercial sense it is wrong unless you signed a contract allowing it

Lenar3556

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119929979#Comment_119929979

Ill advised as it may be, it is very unlikely that he would be committing any criminal offence in publishing the photos. We would need to see the written contractual agreement between the two parties and understand the nature of the engagement to establish if the homeowner would have any potential cause of civil action.

In reality, her practical options in terms of having the images forcibly removed are going to be limited, short of a court order. In the meantime, her roof is leaking, in the middle of winter, and this is the guy she is trying to have return and fix the damn thing.

Battles should be chosen, (and usually best avoided if possible)

I didn't say it was criminal said it was wrong. It's also probably breach of data protection as house probably identify the op indirectly.

I was responding to the legal discussion not the roof

Other thread says there is a contract so is it in the contract is a good question

I see a few people on fb doing similar showing garden work they did. Maybe they have permission

Donald Trump

Is that you Barbara Streisand?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

As to your issue, can anyone identify the location of the house from the photos? If it is just showing examples of his work, then I don't see the harm

Conology

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119930378#Comment_119930378

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119928705#Comment_119928705

Thank you, much appreciated

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119929979#Comment_119929979

I did state verbally ( not in the Contract) that I did NOT want any photos displayed on FB etc. I said it was for both Privacy & Security reasons.

Conology

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119930281#Comment_119930281

"Battles should be chosen, (and usually best avoided if possible)" - good advice. I'm trying to keep the peace in order to get the bigger problem sorted.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119931979#Comment_119931979

I did state verbally ( not in the Contract) that I did NOT want any photos displayed on FB etc. I said it was for both Privacy & Security reasons.

i don't know re contract but i would imagine you could take it to DPC if the house is recognisable as yours.That may affect your peaced though

if i knew you and your house would i know it from the photos?

Conology

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119932307#Comment_119932307

"if i knew you and your house would i know it from the photos?" - I would say quite likely

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119932883#Comment_119932883

https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/dpc-guidance/what-is-personal-data