Lolita, Privacy, and Dealing with Rude People...

[dapperdarling]

Yesterday I wore lolita outside for the first time by myself at the mall,
I was feeling pretty confident until I noticed two girls (around age 9-10) sneaking around quite obviously trying to take a picture of me. I politely told them that 'if they wanted to take a picture, they could just ask', and they insisted they were just playing a game on

Comments

[shoujo_neko]

I'm not sure what US laws are exactly, but I believe it is illegal to take a person's picture without their permission, however, if a person is part of a crowd I don't think that's illegal...

Either ways, I think you are very brave <3
Don't let it discourage you, dress in what makes you feel good :)

[princessediana]

"Is it legal to take ppl's picture without their permission ?" >> Well, that's what paparazzis do so I guess it is =/.

This kind of thing already happened once to me, but it was only two girls (12-14 YO maybe), when I was at a bus stop and I just look at them with a big smile and they stopped.
Otherwise, people are usually polite and ask for my permission to get my picture.

[ext_976185]

Inside the mall or a store it is not in "public" it is inside a business , The owner of the business can say no photos. They don't like to do it because its bad for business to tell people no. but they can do it.

In the US you can take a photo of anything or any one that you can see from a public place with out using abnormal means. but, you can not harass any one.

In my state fallowing a girl taking photos will get you arrested . we have strong no stalking laws.

[leeteuk]

No, it's perfectly legal to take a photo of somebody without their permission as long as it's in a public place

[pearlzenith]

When it becomes illegal is if they try to sell the photo without your permission.

[themugence]

Perfectly legal. Otherwise "People of Walmart" would have a problem.

[sugaryalchemist]

People of Walmart have a rule on the site that says "All photos can not be posted unless they were taken with the subject's permission." Which they don't seem to enforce very well.

[mariko_senpai]

If you don't want a person taking a photo of you, put your hand over your face and turn your back to them. If they're that thick and don't get the message, then they'll have a bunch of photos where you are obviously expressing your distaste and no one normal would want to show that kind of photo to other people.

[sprinklepuff]

No one normal tries to secretly take photos of someone else so they can make fun of him/her later with their friends. :\

[wane_of_undoing]

+1 -_-;

[mariko_senpai]

Well it's not always because they want to make fun of the person, often it's because it's just interesting. But I've had otherwise normal people outside of a convention become quite invasive when I am working in my booth during a con (show us your petticoat! I want to see what your hair is like under your wig!), and some people even become rude when I say I am working, as if they are entitled to a photo simply because it's a con o_O DROP EVERYTHING I WANT YOUR PHOTO NAO nevermindthe10millioncustomerswaitingtobeserved. I'm happy to do it when there is no one in the booth or I have an army of other people watching it for me (rare), but not when it is busy. I can't even give lolitas a photo most times, and that's sad because they value the photos the most.