Re: Opt in, not opt out: Proposed Photography Policy

[Ted Lemon <mellon@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 2, 2018, at 2:13 PM, Adrian Farrel <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

An opt out policy puts the onus on people to know the policy exists, makes them responsible for wearing their badge right-side out at all times, means the photographer can always claim not to have been able to see the badge, and so forth. Worse, it stigmatises the person who does not want to be photographed by making them where a token of that fact (the reverse is easily masked by "Oh, I forgot to opt in."

Actually, the policy offered by the Ada Initiative would work well for this: they use different-colored lanyards, so if you are wearing an IETF badge, you can pick the lanyard that reflects your preference.   It would be difficult to not know what the policy is, but yes, one could in principle say "no lanyard, no photos."

The link to the article, for your convenience, is copied here from Adam's message:

https://adainitiative.org/2013/07/04/another-way-to-attract-women-to-conferences-photography-policies/