By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. You will want to read Section 11 of the Agreement however here’s a “Cut and Paste” as of :ġ1.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. “So what,” you say, “Google repeats OVER and OVER again they would never do anything with your Name Tag data.” Really? Have you read the Picasa Web Album Terms of Service Agreement? Or, have you read the “GOOGLE” Terms of Service agreement which applies to everything from Google Search to GMAIL to Google Apps? Google’s Terms of Service Agreement (NOT GROOVY) That is until someone, decided to upload my Photo to Google Web Albums and Tag my face. After years of staying off the grid, no one (that I know of) had biometrics of me in a Database Finger Prints, DNA, etc. Even if you don’t use the service and tag yourself, other people might be tagging your face without you even knowing it (especially if they make the album Unlisted or Sign-In Required.) And that is when you lose your face. “Google is indexing the human race one face at a time!” A little too well actually… And that’s when the thought struck me: I did some testing, and the technology works Amazingly well. Once all the faces or people are tagged, you can easily browse your pictures using the Name Tags. It uses facial recognition technology to group photos/faces together so you can quickly add a name to the faces. Name Tags (if you opt-in – click Settings, Turn name tags ON) assist you in Tagging people in your photos. The Picasa Name Tags feature was announced with the release of Picasa 3.0. ) Despite that favorable preface, there are two problems I’m going to talk about today. I’ve been thinking about this for several months now and with the release of Picasa for the Mac I figure it’s time to sit down and get my thoughts on the site.įirst, I want everyone to know that I’m a huge fan of Google Picasa and even Picasa Web Albums (especially with the latest security updates for Picasa Web Albums. Google Picasa Web Albums scare me… A lot.īefore I explain, you should probably get comfy and grab a cup of coffee.
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