"Domestic purposes" (personal, family or household affairs, including recreational purposes) are effectively exempt from the whole Act. (s.36) It's the purpose, not the system the processing takes place on, which determines the matter. I therefore agree with the other comments. However unpleasant, it's not a Data Protection issue, and is essentially between the individuals concerned. It is likely to be a breach of the terms of use of the social networking site (so the aggrieved individual could take action through the site owner) and may also be a breach of the university's conduct code - which is the only way I can see the university getting involved. Paul Ticher 0116 273 8191 22 Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicky Mays" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:51 PM Subject: posting of photos without consent We have a situation with some students who have taken photos of other students whilst on University property without their consent and posted them on a social networking site with abusive comments. Is this a breach of DP legislation? Has anyone found themselves in a similar situation and would be willing to share how they dealt with this? Many thanks Vicky ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ***************************************************************************************** > To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to > http://www.hull.ac.uk/legal/email_disclaimer.html > ***************************************************************************************** > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > All archives of messages are stored permanently and are > available to the world wide web community at large at > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html > If you wish to leave this list please send the command > leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] > All user commands can be found at > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm > Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list > owner > [log in to unmask] > Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your > needs > To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: > SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] > (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^