# Scope and legal

Source: https://otinstaller.com/guides/osintverse-community/image-geolocation/01-scope-and-legal (page 2 of 5 of osintverse-community/image-geolocation)

- **Geolocating a person is sensitive.** Finding where a news photo was taken is verification; finding where a
  private person lives from their holiday photos can enable stalking. Only geolocate people's images when your
  purpose clearly justifies it, and never publish a private person's location.
- **Uploading is sharing.** Opening a reverse-search link sends the image URL to that search engine. For sensitive
  material, prefer engines you trust, or skip the step.
- **Copyright.** Downloading a photo to analyse it is generally fine; republishing it is not. Keep originals with the
  case notes and link to the source instead of re-posting.
- **Keep the chain.** Note where you got each image, when, and its SHA-256 (from `image-hash`), so you can show it
  was not altered.

Next: https://otinstaller.com/guides/osintverse-community/image-geolocation/02-metadata.md