Another misinformed council hiding behind human rights legislation

[TheTimeChamber]

Goes to show that a Committee can have a combined IQ that is lower than the dumbest person in the committee.

 

[madmackem]

you were on their property though

So were the two young ladies who didnt get asked not too photograph. They were inside the building, I was outside shooting away from the building - who's photos would have been the most useful to a terrorist or whoever? Photos of the inside of the centre or mine of three people feeding pigeons?
Or is just because I have an SLR?

 

[Bristolian]

I worked security many years ago at a shopping centre and photographing was not allowed without permission from the centre manager due to terrorism and being public property, it would never have stuck though as there is a public right of way going through the centre.

I assume you mean that the centre was private property? I'm not aware of any shopping centres in the UK that are publicly owned.

The presence of a PRoW doesn't make it a public place.. it just allows the public to traverse through the property. IIRC, according to the Countryside & Rights of Way Act (CRoW2000) you have to remain within 1m of the centre of the RoW too ... so no wandering off for a spot of window shopping

 

[snappingsam]

Many parks still have a rule to stop the use of tripods - which harks back to the earliest days of photography when it was impossible to take photos without a tripod - so was a ban on photography - so there's nothing new..... except photographers then couldn't discuss on a forum!

 

[JackSparrow]

This page

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/stillimages/advice/data-protection/

has some interesting writing about current interpretation of the DPA and some common sense advice.

In fact the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) has clearly published guidance that photographs taken for personal use are exempt from the DPA.

http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/docume...ctory/data_protection_myths_and_realities.pdf

 

[santana007]

Watching cops with Camera's the other night , and a guy said ! ," what is he doing with a camera" ! , i didn't give permission to film me " ...

The cop said " he doesn't need it he's in a public place " ...

priceless ... why are thet all switched on when job public has his camera ..

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