Hello,

I have attended several conventions concerning the EU'sn ew privacy protection laws that will be introduced in May.

One of the most unpleasant and absurd things about these laws is: they were, obviously, not designed for photographers and retouchers. Unfortunately, the regulations designed for video surveillance also apply to the latter, which, according to a lawyer, means:

Every single alteration to an image must be logged.

Now, I've figured out PS can write the history log into metadata or a text file. But will this hold up to fulfilling these laws? The lawyer that spoke at the convention specifically geared towards photographers himself was desparate about the foolishness of this part of these laws, but had nothing better to tell us except, roughly paraphrased, "It's the law - until somebody switches on his brain."

Is there anybody who can tell what to do in that case? Anyone who does extensive retouching knows this is a task absolutely inacceptable given any reasonable time frame. So, will it be enough to have the log file and, say, make notes inside the PS file about the general alterations, like removal of redness, dodging and burning pores etc, or is it absolutely required to log every single step?

I'd imagine there may be lawyers sniffing around for income, like when the music industry got in trouble with MP3 leechers. So I wouldn't take that matter too lightly.