Hi,
In relation to the question of assigning ethnic origin to people, I'm
currently pondering the merits of a photo database which is largely
dedicated to clear shots of individuals within an institution who have
(I've been assured) provided their verbal consent for the photos to be
taken for promo/marketing purposes. The data accompanying each image
occasionally includes name, but always includes broad ethnic category
(as presumed by the photo cataloguer). I've been told that this is
common practice for classification in photo libraries, but I've
personally had no experience of this and feel a little uneasy. Any
comments appreciated.
Jon Davies
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Sent: 24 September 2004 17:13
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] assigning ethnic origin to people
Afternoon all,
I suspect you might receive some fruity responses to the subject
information notices your colleagues will no doubt send out. Many years
ago an organisation I worked for took a view that it could guess
ethnicity to help it abide by an equal opportunities policy. I and many
others found their guesswork was wrong (apparantly my ethnicity was
worked out from my accent which is pretty much SE England standard). The
fuss could be heard for miles. The organisation scrapped the exercise
and proceeded to try to collect the information openly with consent:
only to find people were so angry very many refused to conform. Suggest
it's done right the first time. Regards
MD
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