We are trying to reach a decision based on what laws legislation etc covers
this activity.
S36 of DPA exempts (amongst other things) parents videoing children, in
whatever setting. It is therefore not relevant to the school, nursery
whatever.
All schools (especially nursery and pre school) have been instructed by
their LEAs that they have to take precautions to protect Children. In the
light of Climbie et al. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with DP.
As DP professionals I am surprised at the number of you using the Act as an
excuse not to do or to allow something.
Norman Pottinger
Head of Information Security
Berkshire Health Informatics Service
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Subject: Re: DP and School Concerts
iirc the reasoning behind this kind of ban _is_ rather closer to a DP
concern. If there are children that are subject to custody disputes, then
the identification of them through such a means might in principle
increase their chances of being abducted. Myself, I would have thought
that compared to the danger of being filmed/followed on the way to or from
the school, the added danger was pretty minimal, but I can see a concern
that is actually related to privacy and DP (rather than absurd ideas that
paedophiles might be interested in the pictures).
Ben Fairweather
N Ben Fairweather PhD, Research Fellow | Tel: +44 116 207 8098
Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility | Centre: +44 116 250 6143
School of Computing, De Montfort University | Fax: +44 116 207 8159
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On Thu, 20 May 2004, Norman Pottinger wrote:
> I'm sure we are all trying to be helpful and find a justification for
> stopping filming under DPA, but of course this is not actually a decision
> based on DPA at all. It stems from child protection and the fact that the
> "father" at the back with a video camera may be a paedophile and no one is
> prepared to take the risk.
>
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