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Years ago when my daughter was a toddler I always had my numerous rolls processed by Eckerd because of the quality & the discounts. One day I picked up my prints and there were about half a dozen prints that did not belong to me.
These were not in any way risque but they were clearly not mine. I asked the clerk if that was a thing that occurred often & she answered that "with the volume they dealt with it was bound to happen occasionally", adding that there was no way to really know since most people wouldn't attempt to return them as Eckerd had no way of knowing who they really belonged to once they were separated from their order. The idea of someone else having possession of photographs of my child just unhinged me for a while & I just stopped using my camera. Finally, this did strike me as most neurotic behavior, though
I still find it unsettling that privacy can be compromised so routinely.
What the families in this story endured was hell with a price tag of protection.
The type of scrutiny applied to their lives seems downright unconstitutional and I assume others will also react with rage & horror at the cost of that helpful employees good deed.
