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Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel
I have the right to keep whatever I want on my phone. Even if I leave it laying somewhere that doesn't give you the right to publish what's in it. Pretty clear cut in my mind.
I guess you could argue that there was contributory negligence on the part of the man who owned the phone (if the claim was that McDonalds was negligent in not taking actions to stop this from happening, doesn't work if you're claiming that McDonalds DID it) but to me even that doesn't seem like a compelling argument and in any case McDonalds had the "last clear chance" to stop it from occuring.
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You can keep whatever you want on your phone, but if you leave your phone in a fast food restaurant, you're a fool if you assume your private photos will remain private.
So what precautions do you want to depend on? Not having compromising photos on your phone? Locking the images on your phone? Keeping up with your own damn phone? Or leaving it just as it is and hoping that the McDonald's employees will handle things for you?
Some of these seem like better options than others to me if the end goal is not being embarrassed by the photos on your phone.
But making McDonald's pay is our legal answer. yay!
ETA: I guess I should add that I've got little problem making the actual posters of the photos pay.