The French newspaper Le Figaro reports,French parents are being warned that they could be jailed for posting their kids’ photos online or face stiff fines for breaching their right to privacy or jeopardizing their security.
What exactly are the dangers?
Pedophiles, of course, photo-nap kids for their own use. The dangers to parents, depending on how their kids turn out: posting photos could wind up in some nasty legal surprises down the line.
France has some of the toughest privacy laws in western Europe. Penalties can be as harsh as a year in prison and a fine of €45,000 (£35,000, $49,000) for those convicted of publicizing intimate details of the private lives of others without first getting their consent.
France isn’t the only country whose police are trying to stop what Le Figaro dubbed the “avalanche of cute clichés.” Police in Germany have likewise urged people to stop posting photos of their children online , noting that people freely post pictures of nude children while in a pool or at the beach, as if there were no such thing as consequences.
This is obviously an uphill battle for police in France, Germany or any country.
But at least in France, they have ferocious privacy law to back them up.
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