The “Determining Acceptable Photo’s” section of the Places Wiki has been updated to better clarify the acceptance of photo’s
The associated business should be the primary focal point of the photo.
Photos in a medical category should not include clear pictures of a persons face or license plate to ensure a higher standard of privacy for patients.
No photos should violate the Waze Terms of Use
Instead of just medical categories, I recommend we expand the coverage of places where there should be no faces/license plates to any place where users might wish to maintain privacy.
That’s is far more extensive than medical. These would include women’s/homeless shelters, food banks/soup kitchens, religious places, government, court, and political offices/voting precincts, counseling/self-help/Weight Watchers/etc. and pharmacies (not sure if these count as medical), adult stores/theaters, CBD/cannabis businesses, jails/prisons/probation offices/police stations, pawn shops, and gun stores and gun ranges. Really anything where there is common “judgment” by a class of another.
If we do that, then we may as well go back to what it was before.
I have a similar concern with identifying information in places. I think there is a balance to be struck between the usefulness of the photos and protecting privacy. I think that RPPs for houses/apartments/etc. should also haver a higher level of scrutiny. These aren’t public places like stores or offices.