united-states privacy restraining-orders
Forcing a person to remove a picture of me
<p>I was riding home on the bus from summer school. A girl and I had a debate and she ended up frustrated and moved seats. The girl then started taking pictures of me. When I told her to stop, she continued to take pictures. </p>

<p>At the end of the bus ride, I told the bus driver to keep the doors closed so she can remove the pictures. The bus driver asked why, and I told her that I have a restraining order against my biological father. </p>

<p>My question is if the girl can be forced to remove the photos and more generally, can you force a person to delete a photo of you if you do not consent to it?</p>

<p>I live in northwest United States.</p>

<p>The United States has a fairly strict definition of where you have an expectation of privacy, a public bus certainly isn't a private place.  In public, anyone can take pictures and video of anyone or anything else.  You may have some sort of case if the girl were to use those photos to knowingly help your father violate the restraining order, but it doesn't sound like you believe that was the case.  </p>
