Why does every discussion on HN and reddit, about every topic, required to bring up privacy, spying and government intrusion? Including this one which is similar to discussing the use of crayons for a coloring book.
The W3C's job is to standardize implementations. Most standards bodies do not invent on their own. In any case, a standards body will generate the fundamentals allowing the ability to piece together components to create what a developer wants. No standards body is able to come up with every desire of every developer.
I don't see in the article that she won but this is different. She was posing for a photographer with the understanding it was to be used for an ad but they never got a release. It doesn't matter she was in a public place. The problem lies in that she was hired for one thing and it was used for another.