Anyone posting an image of an "identifiable" person on the web without that person's WRITTEN permission is asking for trouble.
The noted incident is not a surprise and it merely confirms the dangers associated with privacy laws.
What does surprise me is that Virgin would use the images without doing more research...

I have previously posted links ( here and in the copyright forum) to case law regarding this situation for the countries of Canada and France.  These links are a MUST read for anyone planning to post such images on the web.....the consequences and penalties of posting such images are quite severe.

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.