ID: Be Careful What You Post

Idaho Dad / A Family Runs Through It : Here’s yet another reason to avoid posting your family photos to a very public Internet site. A family from Missouri found themselves unwittingly selling wine and cheese as models in a European grocery store’s advertising display . You might think this is an odd, isolated event, but I’ll bet it’s not. Just remember, every time you post a photo to your blog or web site it becomes available to the entire world to use as they please. I’ve had a number of people ask permission to use my pictures on their sites, in class presentations, and even in a local ski area’s brochure. I’ve also found my photos in places I didn’t know about. So, be careful out there. You never know who might be looking, or borrowing, or stealing.

Question: How careful are you re: the photos and/or comments that you post on your blog or in the comments thread of a blog or other online site?