Okay, I’m not a Web guru – far, far from it. But I keep getting asked this question, “What is a policy or guideline for churches regarding posting pics on their Websites and other communications materials?”
Here’s my answer: I don’t have a policy on this matter but I do have some guidelines. To be completely clean and clear, you should have a permission slip from every person in every picture. In reality, that is impractical at best and impossible at worst. I use judgment – use pictures of your members only for in-house slide shows and publicity. Any publicity on the Website or mass-distributed materials (postcards, brochures, etc.) has purchased stock photos. Those pics are better quality and you don’t have to remember every person in every pic on your site in case a person dies or moves away.
I want to believe that difference is sufficient to ward off any problems yet is a reasonable solution. What do you think?
Lead On!
Steve