Local Brisbane based parkrun forced to cancel special valentines ‘single mingle’ event. What could the legal pressure be relating to this?
Our local parkrun decided to hold a singles mingle event after the run for Valentine’s Day. However apparently someone complained to the parkrun HQ and they got pressured to shut it down.
I was discussing this with someone who believed that it would be due to privacy concerns (ie holding a speed dating type event where they give out people contact details if they both agree, however what happens if they give out the results accidentally if both parties didn’t agree), however I thought it may be due to liability issues (ie has liability insurance for running events, not a meet up event, especially if there was a SA between people after they met at that event).
Interested to hear what this community thinks may have caused this pressure.
Please note: Posted on auslaw but was removed as it was off topic, so hopefully as it is about a Brisbane based event it will be interesting to hear your opinions.
Our local parkrun decided to hold a singles mingle event after the run for Valentine’s Day. However apparently someone complained to the parkrun HQ and they got pressured to shut it down.
I was discussing this with someone who believed that it would be due to privacy concerns (ie holding a speed dating type event where they give out people contact details if they both agree, however what happens if they give out the results accidentally if both parties didn’t agree), however I thought it may be due to liability issues (ie has liability insurance for running events, not a meet up event, especially if there was a SA between people after they met at that event).
Interested to hear what this community thinks may have caused this pressure.
Please note: Posted on auslaw but was removed as it was off topic, so hopefully as it is about a Brisbane based event it will be interesting to hear your opinions.