I quite agree with your views on this Jon, but am myself concerned that such
material could not then be distributed more widely than intended and put to
uses not intended.
Given that the circumstances outlined in Ian B's e-mail are catered for,
would a copyright or restriction on use notice be any good in trying to
achieve that, or at least protect the organisation?
After all, how would a parent feel whose childs photograph taken at school
had been edited by one of the more unsavoury groups existing out there, and
then circulated widely?
In such unfortunate circumstances, what liability, if any would the school
have if they had not placed any restriction on the use of the photograph(s)?
Ian W
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dunster, Jon
Sent: 22 July 2002 14:40
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Subject: Re: Videoing children at school
Despite the lack of choice in this ...
Why, other than on a 'technical point', would you want your children not to
be videod or photographed while taking part in school activities ?
As a parent too I can see no reason to object to this and feel that it
certainly enriches their experiences being able to manipulate images on
computer/video etc. I was very happy to receive a CD containing images from
a recent trip, and my boy spent a long time flicking through them.
It would be a sad state of affairs if parents started asking for their
children to be blurred out.
I'm convinced this is not what the act was created to prevent.
Jon
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From: Paul Ticher [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 10 July 2002 17:18
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Videoing children at school
Gail,
I agree with you. I was staggered recently to get a letter from school
asking for consent for my daughter to take part in an event (no problem) and
saying that it was a condition of participation that photographs and video
be taken to form part of a report on the project which would also go on the
web (overseas transfer).
I didn't think that my consent was being 'freely given' in the
circumstances, and told them so in no uncertain terms. However, I didn't
withhold it, because I didn't want to embarrass or disadvantage my daughter.
Also, the form only came two days before the event (which had been planned
for months), leaving no time to raise any queries.
If the consensus is that parental consent is required, I would be grateful,
as I can use that with the school and LEA.
Obviously, where the photograph/video is an integral part of the course or
event, the considerations would be slightly different.
Paul Ticher
Information Management
0116 273 8191
22 Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB
I hereby require any recipient of this message not to use my personal data
for direct marketing purposes.
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From: Gail Waters <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 10 July 2002 15:01
Subject: Videoing children at school
> I think this may have come up before but do you agree that postive consent
> is required from parents? There is a project planning to do this for the
> purposes of producing teacher training material and the team want to rely
on
> informing the parents and relying on objections being raised via an 'opt
> out'. I do not feel it is good enough to rely on an 'opt out' in this
> situation. Do you agree?
> Gail Waters
> DP Coordinator
> Open University
>
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