Images on Pinterest Without Permission

Ken K

Can anyone tell me how many of my images (from SmugMug) are showing up on Pinterest, without my permission?

Thanks,
Ken

Allen

I never put any there. But when I Google my site/images maybe half are from Pinterest.

Ken K

Thanks Allen. But this does not explain how the images are getting to Pinterest. Can anyone help?

OffTopic

Ken K it's easy enough for anyone to grab a photo off the internet and upload it to Pinterest (or any other social media/photo sharing site), happens all the time and there's no way to prevent it. Even if you have the right-click prevention enabled on your site, it is very easy to get around. As soon as one person uploads it to Pinterest, more people start sharing it from within Pinterest.

I have the Pinterest share button enabled on my site and last time I checked so far all of my photos that I've found on Pinterest do lead directly back to my site, so I think having the button enabled has been a good move for me. As long as it's not a brand/company sharing the image, I'm okay with people sharing on their personal Pinterest boards because it clearly shows my website url and clicking on the image takes a person directly to my site. If you don't have the share button enabled, people are going to download the image and when they upload somewhere else you lose all control.