On December 24, 1969, the Grand Bench of Japan's Supreme Court ruled on a case that began with a police officer photographing student demonstrators in Kyoto. The court declared that every person has the freedom not to have their face and figure photographed without consent. The justices grounded that freedom in the Japanese Constitution's protection of individual dignity, and Japanese courts have built on it ever since in recognizing what is now called the portrait right, shôzôken (肖像権).
A photograph of you is personal. Sending one for a remote aura scan is an act of trust, and it is reasonable to ask what happens next. Here is why See Your Aura asks for a photograph, what information the scan involves, how countries around the world protect people's images, how your photograph and details are handled and what to check before you upload a picture to any aura service.
Why a remote aura scan needs a photograph
Your recent full-length photograph is the individual reference for your scan. From it, together with your intake information, specialized technology creates your 360° biofield visualization. The photograph needs to show your whole body, from the top of your head to your feet, facing the camera, so the visualization can represent your complete field from every angle.
Your photograph is used for your scan. It is not a portrait for display, and it is not used publicly without your separate written permission.
What information does a See Your Aura scan involve?
- Your photograph: one recent, full-length, front-facing image.
- Your intake: your reason for ordering and what you have shared about how you have been feeling.
- Contact and order details: your name, email address, phone number, address, country and date of birth. Blood type is optional.
- Payment: processed directly by PayPal. See Your Aura does not see or store your card or account details.
- Your results: your two visualization videos, still images and written report.
How the world protects a person's image
Hungary: consent comes first
Hungary's Civil Code states the principle in a single sentence. Section 2:48 provides that the consent of the person concerned is required both to make and to use a recording of their image or voice. Crowd scenes and recordings of public appearances are treated as exceptions. For an individual photograph of you, your consent is the starting point.
The European Union: when a photograph becomes biometric data
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation draws a careful line. Its Recital 51 explains that photographs are not automatically treated as a special category of data. They count as biometric data only when processed through specific technical means that allow a person to be uniquely identified or authenticated, as facial recognition does.
The Netherlands: a warning about facial recognition
In September 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority fined the facial recognition company Clearview AI 30.5 million euros. The company had built a database of more than 30 billion photographs collected from the internet and converted faces into unique biometric codes without people's knowledge. The authority's chairman, Aleid Wolfsen, called facial recognition "a highly intrusive technology, that you cannot simply unleash on anyone in the world."
Japan's portrait right, Hungary's consent rule, the EU's biometric definition and the Dutch fine all express one principle: your image belongs to you, and how it is used should follow your informed choice.
Where energy work meets respect for the person
Across cultures, many people feel that a photograph carries something of the person in it. A remote biofield scan draws on that same sense of connection: the photograph links the process to you. That connection is exactly why it deserves respect. Your photograph is used for one purpose, handled by the person doing the work and kept only as long as needed.
How See Your Aura handles your photograph and information
- Purpose: your information is used solely to complete your biofield scan, prepare your report, deliver your order, respond to your questions and keep records required for business and legal obligations.
- Access: your information is accessed only by Yvette Farkas and anyone directly involved in preparing and delivering your order.
- Never sold: your photograph and information are not sold.
- No public use without permission: your photograph is not used publicly without your separate written permission. Sample scans on the website are used only with documented client permission or complete anonymization.
- Not AI-generated: your visualization is created with biofield visualization technology and interpreted personally by Yvette. It is not produced by an AI aura app.
- Service providers: a payment processor, an email provider and a website host help run the service.
- Retention: intake information, photographs and reports are kept for one year from the date of your scan, then securely deleted unless the law requires a longer period.
- Your rights: you can request access to your information, corrections or deletion, subject to any records that must be kept.
- International clients: See Your Aura is based in Paraguay and serves clients worldwide, so your information may be processed outside your own country.
Full details are in the privacy policy.
How AI aura apps can differ
Many free aura apps ask you to upload a selfie and return an instant result. Before you upload, it helps to know that some apps store images on servers in other countries, share data with partners or use uploaded photos to improve their software. Read the privacy policy of any app and look for clear answers about storage, sharing, AI training and deletion. Our guide AI Aura Reader vs a Practitioner-Reviewed Biofield Scan explains how the two services work.
An illustration: the gift scan
This illustration is drawn from situations Yvette sees regularly. A woman wants to order a scan as a birthday gift for her sister and plans to send a full-length photo from a family wedding. Before she orders, she checks the FAQ and learns that a gift is welcome, and that the person being scanned needs to knowingly consent and provide their own photograph and information.
She tells her sister about the gift. Her sister takes a fresh full-length photo at home, completes her own intake and sends both herself. The scan reflects her sister as she is now, and her sister knows exactly where her image has gone and why.
What to check before uploading a photo to any aura service
- Who will see my photograph?
- What is it used for, and is it used for anything else?
- Is it ever posted publicly, and do I have to give separate permission?
- Is it used to train AI or shared with partners?
- Where is it stored, and for how long?
- How do I request deletion?
- Who handles payment, and are my card details stored?
Simple steps to protect your photo
Take a photo for the scan. A fresh photo taken for this purpose shows you as you are now and includes nothing you did not intend to share.
Keep the background plain. A blank wall avoids showing personal items, documents or other people.
Include only yourself. Never send a photo of someone else without their knowledge and consent.
Send it to the right address. Email your photo and intake to info@bioresonancescans.com from a personal account.
Know your rights. You can ask what is kept and request deletion at any time.
Frequently asked questions
Is my photograph private?
Yes. It is used only to complete your scan and report, accessed only by Yvette and anyone directly involved in your order, and never sold or used publicly without your separate written permission.
How long is my photograph kept?
Intake information, photographs and reports are kept for one year from the date of your scan and then securely deleted, unless a longer period is required by law.
Will my scan appear on the website?
Only with your documented permission or complete anonymization.
Can I order a scan for someone else?
Yes, as a gift. The person being scanned needs to knowingly consent and provide their own photograph and information.
Can I ask for my photograph to be deleted?
Yes. Contact info@bioresonancescans.com or use the Contact page. Some records may need to be kept for legal or business reasons.
Does See Your Aura see my card details?
No. Payments are processed directly by PayPal.
Where this leaves us
Japan's Supreme Court protected the freedom not to be photographed without consent. Hungary's Civil Code places consent at the center of every image. The European Union defines when a photograph becomes biometric data, and the Netherlands has fined a company for turning billions of faces into codes. Around the world, people are affirming that an image of a person carries something of that person.
At See Your Aura, your photograph serves one purpose: creating and interpreting your biofield visualization, with care for your privacy at every step. When you share a photograph of yourself anywhere, what would you most want to know about where it goes?
Sources and further reading
These references cover the protection of personal images in Japan, Hungary, the European Union and the Netherlands.
Your image and your rights
- 京都府学連事件とは？ (What is the Kyoto Prefectural Student Federation case?), explanation of Supreme Court Grand Bench judgment of 24 December 1969. Toranomon Law and Patent Office. chosakukenhou.jp
- Képmás és hangfelvétel oltalma (Protection of image and sound recordings), Hungarian Civil Code (Ptk.) 2:48. Wikipédia (Hungarian). hu.wikipedia.org
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation), Recital 51. gdpr-info.eu
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority). Dutch DPA imposes a fine on Clearview because of illegal data collection for facial recognition. September 2024. autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl
See Your Aura policies
- See Your Aura Privacy Policy (last updated July 2026) and FAQ.
Client experience
- The gift example is an illustration drawn from situations seen in many orders. Individual experiences vary.