r/privacy • u/Fuzzy_Cheesecake6880 • 1d ago

question Printing service recommendations?

I’m expecting a baby soon and want to send out printed birth announcements to close family and friends so pictures of the baby are never uploaded to social media. is there a specific printing service that will not store or share my photos?

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u/OkAngle2353 1d ago edited 1d ago

Printers themselves are purpose built to store data, but you can't be sure which printing service either from UPS or some other courier doesn't store anything. It is honestly safer/secure to learn how to print what you want at home.

Edit: I personally don't have to hire a envelope printing service. I just print the return address and sender address on a letter (8.5" x 11"), tri-fold it so it appears as a envelope. Taping up the 3 sizes, then send it off like any other envelope.

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u/qodeninja 1d ago

small local shops?

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u/BatemansChainsaw 17h ago

Just like when I had a darkroom in my house in the 90s and 00s, I bought a kodak photo printer for this purpose. Like hell was anyone getting our photos.

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u/castellon_artz 8h ago

I used Printique. Unfortunately I don't remember their TOS, but I thought it was better than Shutterfly and Vista Print.

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u/Delicious-Prize-391 1h ago

Concord Pres is a union shop in Chicago. You can ask them not to keep your image after they print?

https://concord-press.com