I would say publish and be damned.
The trouble is that organisation that has a Complaints Policy for FoI or
Data Protection is bound to be subject to such complaints - whether they are
valid or not.
On that basis you would never take any photographs.
Nick Landau
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Ticher" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Use of Photos in Publicity Leaflet
>I know of at least two cases (told to me in each case by the person who had
>to deal with the consequences) where the unexpected publication of "happy
>smiling faces" led to trouble. In each case the faces belonged to two
>people whose respective partners were not amused at the implications. Now,
>you could argue that the people should have behaved more circumspectly in
>public (or not done it at all, depending on your moral position), but
>equally the publication could be seen as a breach of privacy. Suppose the
>couples involved were legitimate at the time but had split up since last
>year, or suppose one of the people had died in the meantime.
>
> I don't know the answer in this case, but I would suggest that the best
> position would be if permission had been given at the time for specific
> uses of the photos. Failing that, crowd scenes are OK, pictures of
> identifiable living individuals could give rise to problems. If you use
> pictures of children you also have to be sure that none of them is the
> subject of a care order banning the disclosure of their whereabouts.
>
> I realise the publicity for this event is going to be local, and most of
> the people seeing the leaflet could equally well see the individuals in
> the street any day, so you may decide that the risk is small enough and do
> it anyway.
>
> Paul Ticher
> 0116 273 8191
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "phil gregg" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:57 AM
> Subject: Use of Photos in Publicity Leaflet
>
>
> Our local Parish Council wishes to produce a flyer for a village fete
> containing photos from last year's event. I have advised them that I don't
> see any issue with this providing they do not include names and providing
> the pictures are just the usual 'happy smiling faces' and crowd shots from
> the previous year. Do you agree? Are there any issues including pictures
> of children enjoying the event? The flyer will be pushed through doors,
> available in the library, etc. This is a charity, not commercial, event.
>
> (I have advised that permission has to be sought from the owners of the
> photographs)
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
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