Shoplifting deterrent: legal or not
Some store owners, weary of repeat shoplifters, have been posting their captured images at the door. Is this use of a person’s image legal? An expert in this piece says the situation is not clear.
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Nicholas 10:30 on 2025-10-08 Permalink
The article mentions legality, but posting photos is never a criminal offence: as the article points out, the only remedy is the alleged thief suing the store for defamation. And people love overstating personality rights here. And, uh, we can’t tell mens rea because they might have just forgotten to pay? Does anyone think that would work in a criminal case, let alone a civil one?
Kate 10:51 on 2025-10-08 Permalink
At any rate, if someone robs your store more than once, they can hardly claim they “forgot to pay” every time.