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P: Log file of changes made (for privacy protection laws)

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April 26, 2018
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As required by the new European privacy protection laws (thanks a bunch, data miners), photographers are required BY LAW to record every single change made to an image.

This stems from future video surveillance regulations, but obviously someone didn't finish thinking there and just generally applied that, indeed very important, regulation to digital imaging in general.

Now, we could, of course, spend 95% of our client's time typing our logs, but maybe it would be easier if you could implement a log file like in Photoshop. Otherwise, I could no longer use the development module in LR realistically or, basically any functions that alter the image or any of its data.

So please, is there a way to work this out, until thes laws are being refined? It's slightly more than a month now.

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Inspiring

OK, maybe that could suffice. Applying standard actions

Please search for it yourself. That's why I went to conventions and spent several hours there, so I don't have to search online and work through thousands of pages of legal lingo, and many people don't seem to even know or care 1 month before these laws activate. The lawyer didn't "tell me that night", he told an audience of 300 people.

But, of course, I could just troll all of you. Please.

My original question was, if there was a way to record steps taken in LR, I really don't want to have a discussion about these laws, it's everyone's own responsibility to take care of their legal situation.

Just Shoot Me

Legend

Not sure this really applies to a RAW image data developer and more than likely only applies to software that actual parts of an image can be removed and replaced.
Even with the LR/ACR spot removal tool you couldn't change a face to some other face or place that person, face, in some other background environment.

john beardsworth

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Depends what you mean. The steps aren't - so there's no record of adding a clone spot which you then remove. But the alterations to the image are.

I really think you need to provide a precise reference to the applicable section of GDPR before we all waste a lot of time and energy on this. Something a bit more precise than one night a lawyer told me....

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Inspiring

Is every singe alteration to the image recorded in the xmp?

john beardsworth

Community Expert

Save the xmp files? They're as human-readable as PS logs.

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Inspiring

I can't point you to a source, but I've been to 2 conventions held by the austrian chamber of commerce, one specifically tailored to professional photographers, so I can't tell if it applies to everybody. And, of course, it only applies to photos of persons that could be identified through the picture taken, by face, clothing, a special watch, tattoo etc.
The lawyer that spoke to us pointed out this aspect, leaving a hall full of people with their mouths gaping wide and more than an hour overdraft, due to the ensuing storm of almost amused questions.

The only real answer we got that nicht was: "It's the law, I'm sorry."

PaulFBarrett

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As required by the new European privacy protection laws (thanks a bunch, data miners), photographers are required BY LAW to record every single change made to an image.

Wow, I did not pick up on that aspect of GDPR. Can you point me at your source please? Do you know if it just applies to businesses or is it all photographers who make their library accessible on-line?

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