MarthaJane
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? My state is Florida, but this concerns a camp located in another state. (The camp is located in California, but the company that owns the camp is headquartered in North Carolina).
To attend this camp, one must sign an "online" contract. The contract contains a provision that grants a photo/video release. It does not provide a means for opting out of that. I e-mailed a company rep to explain that I do not consent to the photo/video release. I was told to sign the contract anyway, and that they would honor my request. However, I am hesitant to sign a contract that I do not agree with. If I "Sign" this electronically, I suspect that they could then do as they please with regard to photos/videos, and that I would have no legal recourse.
I printed it out the contract, struck out the provision regarding the photo/video release, and including a statement indicating that I specifically do not consent to the photo/video release. At the end of the contract, there is a provision that the signer consents to everything in the contract. I struck out "everything," and wrote in that I consent to "everything except for the photo/video release." I then scanned this into a pdf form and e-mailed it to them. I thought that this would suffice, as it granted consent to all of the other provisions (releasing them from liability of we are hurt, etc.)
The company continues to e-mail me with requests to fill out the online form. Can they legally refuse to allow my daughter & myself to attend the camp if I am unwilling to sign the photo release? Is it even legal to require people to sign a photo release in order to attend a camp? If I sign the online contract, and they later fail to honor our request for no photos/videos, would I have any recourse at all? (For example, the e-mails in which I indicated that I do not consent to this, and the contract that I hand-signed and sent to them, in which I made this clear?) Or, would I be told, "Well, you signed it, so therefore you agreed to it."
Thank you for your help.
To attend this camp, one must sign an "online" contract. The contract contains a provision that grants a photo/video release. It does not provide a means for opting out of that. I e-mailed a company rep to explain that I do not consent to the photo/video release. I was told to sign the contract anyway, and that they would honor my request. However, I am hesitant to sign a contract that I do not agree with. If I "Sign" this electronically, I suspect that they could then do as they please with regard to photos/videos, and that I would have no legal recourse.
I printed it out the contract, struck out the provision regarding the photo/video release, and including a statement indicating that I specifically do not consent to the photo/video release. At the end of the contract, there is a provision that the signer consents to everything in the contract. I struck out "everything," and wrote in that I consent to "everything except for the photo/video release." I then scanned this into a pdf form and e-mailed it to them. I thought that this would suffice, as it granted consent to all of the other provisions (releasing them from liability of we are hurt, etc.)
The company continues to e-mail me with requests to fill out the online form. Can they legally refuse to allow my daughter & myself to attend the camp if I am unwilling to sign the photo release? Is it even legal to require people to sign a photo release in order to attend a camp? If I sign the online contract, and they later fail to honor our request for no photos/videos, would I have any recourse at all? (For example, the e-mails in which I indicated that I do not consent to this, and the contract that I hand-signed and sent to them, in which I made this clear?) Or, would I be told, "Well, you signed it, so therefore you agreed to it."
Thank you for your help.