Youtube And Privacy

thunderous71

thunderous71

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I'm just bringing this to your attention as many of your are already effected by in unknowingly or not.
That is the YouTube privacy guidelines for video content.

http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_guidelines

BTW this isn't scare mongering, a few of my videos over the weekend have been hit with privacy flags submitted by random individual(s) (I'm guessing it is the same person with more than on account) saying my videos invade their privacy under YouTubes own guide lines.

To cut it short YouTube say anything that can be used to identify an individual is considered a privacy concern and they can and will take your video down for it and flag your account. Too many flags on your account and your channel is also banned/deleted.

Now the privacy can only be flagged directly by the person involved in the video, this is regardless of any contract or verbal agreement they may have given you to use their image/voice etc
This is where it gets messy, YouTube do not seem to check any of the complaints that well and will just flag you unless you remove / re-edit the video regardless of your own laws etc. So anyone can just say that's me in t hat video I don't like it take it down. If you don't your channel gets flagged and that's that.

This is NOT a go at YouTube in the slightest as I fully understand the reasons they act this way, it would cost a small fortune to defend content providers own copyright and content, you have to do that yourself. And this happens a lot to some very big YouTube names and Music produces where YouTube will assign ownership to the wrong producer and it is very hard to get that process reversed. But I'm going off topic a little here.

So as moto vloggers under YouTube's guidance we are NOT allowed to use anything in our videos that can be used to identify a person/individual.

Have fun with the face, number plate blurring and voice distortion ;)

(PS: Yes this is a bit tongue in cheek but there is a serious undercurrent to it)
 
Really?

But it perfectly legal (in the UK) to recored video and take photographs in a public place? I don't see how being lawful for your territory can affect anything. There's no possible way to blur every single number plate and person you pass.

Mind you, if you suddenly don't like a vlogger you've had a few ride outs with, you can get his account all but deleted if you've appeared in enough videos!
 
I think Youtube would fall under US law in which you need a signed off permission letter. In my country there definitely is no such law but i understand YT being very very weary of this. I also think it could be an issue once the trolls find this out as a loophole to bring down people's accounts.
 
YouTube have a massive building in London, and Google have a UK company. They apply music copyright to territorial regulation, why not this?
 
I would think that the law would apply for where the video was recorded, not the location of any company to which it is uploaded. And who's to say that even if it is a US-originated company like YouTube, that the servers on which the video is stored and streamed from is not in an entirely different country anyway?

It would almost be like saying that (as a flippant example) I video an 18-year-old in the UK legally buying alcohol, but because I upload the video to a US website, he can be charged because he is under 21...... o_O

I shall worry only when it starts happening to me.... :p
 
In answer to that, YouTube have multiple copies of videos across the world rather than shuttle that much data round the world constantly.

Hopefully it's a measure for the ones with flagrant disregard, not the little users.
 
thunderous71 said:
So as moto vloggers under YouTube's guidance we are NOT allowed to use anything in our videos that can be used to identify a person/individual.

Have fun with the face, number plate blurring and voice distortion ;)
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It says
What does uniquely identifiable mean?
To be considered uniquely identifiable, there must be enough information in the video that allows others to recognize you. Please note that just because you can identify yourself within the video, it does not mean you are uniquely identifiable to others. A first name without additional context or a fleeting image, for example, would not likely qualify as uniquely identifiable.

Looks like you would have to talk to the person and say their name. A number plate may be interesting... that uniquely identifies a vehicle, not necessarily the driver. I think their "privacy guidelines" need to be a bit more thorough.
 
I wouldnt stress too much about it
@thunderous71 sounds like you might just have a few butthurt friends, or people who think they are funny.
I never blank out plates, and very rarely blank out faces.. I dont see the need
 
Marbro_za said:
I wouldnt stress too much about it
@thunderous71 sounds like you might just have a few butthurt friends, or people who think they are funny.
I never blank out plates, and very rarely blank out faces.. I dont see the need
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Well I am not worried about it as I have not taken down the videos in question and will find out in 48hrs what youtubes decision is. But from past experience youtube seems to just take down the video and then flag your account. You then have to argue against it if you think it was unfair and attempt to get the flag removed.

Already had this happen to me before and it took six months to get the channel unflagged. We will see though as I know the person flagging the videos are NOT in the videos!
 
In public we can legally record, i think there is something about using it for media and making a profit from it, hence why some shows blur faces ect.
 
I know in america they are funny with alot of recording, even try to do people on the wire tap law. so maybe its youtube covering themselfs

moment i realise hes from england....
 
Youtube and Google is in a funny place. With videos being recorded and posted from all over the world they have to "cover their you know what" that is why they have these rules. Still sucks though.
 
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