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# The laptop was sold
and I would have thought that also means the contents of the hard-drive were sold too, therefore the laptop's original owner had given up any rights to his photoraphs.

There are probably lots of complicated laws governing it all, but I would think the bottom line is 'Don't give your hard-drive to other people if it has embarrasing things on it.'

Just ask Garry Glitter.

EDIT: I am not going to correct my misspelling of 'photographs', becasue I now have a pleasing mental image of long necked creatures with cameras for heads.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 31 May 2006, 2:52, archived)
# Its all about rights of ownership...
and as this is disputed, things get very grey, dark and nasty.

but yes, always wipe your computer clean before you sell it.

on the subject of mr glitter, that was a clear breach of privacy (no matter how you look at it) by pc world staff. however, in the hoo hah that followed, that little matter was forgot about...
(I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Wed 31 May 2006, 2:58, archived)
# Makes you wonder
how many other peoples' computers they "had a look at".
(I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Wed 31 May 2006, 3:15, archived)
# all of them they'd have had time to I would suspect
oh might add

if folks are _really_ bothered about the contents of hd's when selling computers, the only way to securely erase a hd is to destroy it, I'd recommend melting.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 31 May 2006, 3:20, archived)
# You could always
take it to bits and use the discs as a wind chime.
(I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Wed 31 May 2006, 3:27, archived)
# also good
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 31 May 2006, 3:28, archived)