Editing Encyclopedia:Image use policy (section)

====Moral issues====
Not all legally obtained photographs of individuals are acceptable. The following types of image are normally considered unacceptable:
* Those that unfairly demean or ridicule the subject
* Those that are unfairly obtained
* Those that unreasonably intrude into the subject's private or family life

These are categories which are matters of common decency rather than law. They find a reflection in the wording of the [http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a12 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 12]: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation".

The extent to which a particular photograph is "unfair" or "intrusive" will depend on the nature of the shot, whether it was taken in a public or private place, the title/description, and on the type of subject (e.g. a celebrity, a non-famous person, etc.). This is all a matter of degree. A secretly taken shot of a celebrity caught in an embarrassing position in a public place may well be acceptable to the community; a similar shot of an anonymous member of the public may or may not be acceptable, depending on what is shown and how it is presented.