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Depositphotos refused my earnings request. Its said that my w8 expired. After I updated it, they still ask me to submit my passport, which violated the EU personal general Data Protection Regulations. (Loi n 78-17)
Looks like your working for depositphotos. You should know with my w8 form I already identified myself. Depositphotos dont have to ask me again my passport. Based on European law, I will sue depositphotos in France taking in charge by French judge according the French law 78-17. Thats why as my lawyer said, all big stock agencies dont dare ask copy of passport. FYI even in Germanys hotel they can not copy guests passports. Depositphotos has another problem : the tax scams in USA
Quote from: ottoc on February 11, 2023, 14:30Looks like your working for depositphotos. You should know with my w8 form I already identified myself. Depositphotos dont have to ask me again my passport. Based on European law, I will sue depositphotos in France taking in charge by French judge according the French law 78-17. Thats why as my lawyer said, all big stock agencies dont dare ask copy of passport. FYI even in Germanys hotel they can not copy guests passports. Depositphotos has another problem : the tax scams in USAYes, of course I am working for Depositphotos. Btw, I am from Germany and here hotels DO ask for passports to identify yourself. Copyin is another issue, but that's not what we are talking about. Wanting to see your passport and copying and storing that information are two different things. There are laws against Depoitphotos processing your passport information in a certrain way. There is no law against them asking to see the passport for identification and unless you can show them your passport in person, sending it online is the only way.But good luck with your lawsuit.
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Submit passport online means storing my personal sensitive data. My identity has already been identified. ONLY DEPOSITPHOTOS asks for passport, never SSTK and ADOBE do it. This is the difference between clean and dirty companies. ith your lawsuit.
We require a valid, government-issued photo ID card to verify your identity before you can start selling your work. The ID is secure and once validated it is removed from our system and cannot be accessed again.
Quote from: ottoc on February 12, 2023, 04:54Submit passport online means storing my personal sensitive data. My identity has already been identified. ONLY DEPOSITPHOTOS asks for passport, never SSTK and ADOBE do it. This is the difference between clean and dirty companies. ith your lawsuit.How has your identity been identified? By filling out a tax form? That's not an identification. The point of your passport is literally to identify yourself. And yes, of course Shutterstock and Adobe also ask for ID:Adobe:QuoteWe require a valid, government-issued photo ID card to verify your identity before you can start selling your work. The ID is secure and once validated it is removed from our system and cannot be accessed again.Quote from MatHayward from Adobe. ShutterstocK:
You told to newbies how to create an account?!
For my lawyer all replies here are useful to know DP comportments and how DP is trying to deflect its faults.
Quote from: ottoc on February 11, 2023, 03:44Depositphotos refused my earnings request. Its said that my w8 expired. After I updated it, they still ask me to submit my passport, which violated the EU personal general Data Protection Regulations. (Loi n 78-17)I really do not see where asking for your passport is violating the EU general Data Protection Regulations. You want to enter a legal bussines relation with someone, you got to identify yourself. The EU general Data Protection Regulations is about data processing, it's no law against identifying yourself.
BTW - you guys (who voluntarily give up 'all' your information just because someone demands it), and I agree with the OP that it is wrong - should really look into