Legal

PHOTO & MEDIA RELEASE

Effective date: September 20, 2026

Kreate Happiness may document projects, volunteer activities, and community initiatives in order to share the work of the initiative responsibly.

1. Types of documentation

Documentation may include:

  • Before photographs
  • During project photographs
  • After photographs
  • Photographs of completed spaces
  • Photographs of volunteers
  • Video
  • Project stories
  • Testimonials

2. Purposes of documentation

Documentation may be used for:

  • Internal records
  • Demonstrating transformations
  • Website content
  • Social media content
  • Marketing materials
  • Promotional materials
  • Educational purposes
  • Presentations
  • Fundraising and support efforts
  • Community outreach

3. Private residences

Because projects may occur inside private residences, participants and residents may identify areas, rooms, or objects that should not be photographed or recorded.

Reasonable efforts will be made to respect those requests.

4. Sensitive information

Reasonable efforts should be made to avoid documenting:

  • Social Security numbers
  • Financial records
  • Medical records
  • Passwords
  • Identification documents
  • Private correspondence
  • Other sensitive personal information

5. Identifiable individuals

Public facing use of media that identifies an individual should be supported by appropriate consent or authorization.

6. Minors

Parent or legal guardian authorization should be obtained where required before identifiable public facing use of media involving a minor.

7. Volunteers

Volunteers may be photographed or recorded during projects, events, and community activities. Volunteers may request that they not be included in public facing media.

8. Use of authorized media

Authorized media may be used across:

  • Digital channels
  • Social media
  • Print materials
  • Presentations
  • Promotional materials
  • Community materials
  • Fundraising and support materials
  • Educational materials

9. Third party distribution

Once media is published, it may be viewed, shared, or independently reproduced by others. Kreate Happiness cannot guarantee removal of copies that have been independently reproduced or distributed by third parties.

10. Requests concerning media

Requests to remove or stop using specific media will be reviewed, and reasonable efforts will be made to honor them going forward.

Removal cannot be guaranteed for:

  • Printed materials already produced
  • Materials already distributed
  • Archived materials
  • Copies held or republished by third parties

11. Consent forms

Kreate Happiness may use separate written consent or authorization forms for specific projects, media use, or participants, including consent forms for minors.

12. No unauthorized publication by participants

Participants, including volunteers, may not publish, post, or distribute photographs, video, or information from a project without appropriate authorization, and must not publicly identify residents or disclose private information encountered during a project.