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Just got a query , while out last night. I was taking some photos in a shopping centre. Security guard was a (A hole). Rude and aggressive and telling me I can’t take photos of him or the shopping centre. I walked away.

Can they do any thing ? Is it illegal to take photos in a shopping centre.

Just for reference i was taking photo of sunset from inside the centre so technically not taking photos of the centre itself.
 
The shopping centre will be privately owned, so yes they can tell you not to take photos there.
 
@wegotitugetit : As gramps has said above - it's their property so you have to abide by their rules.

There are a (high?) number of security personnel that think they have the power/authority to see what you have taken, demand that you delete images or even confiscate your camera but this is not so.
 
wegotitugetit said:
Just got a query , while out last night. I was taking some photos in a shopping centre. Security guard was a (A hole). Rude and aggressive and telling me I can’t take photos of him or the shopping centre. I walked away.

Can they do any thing ? Is it illegal to take photos in a shopping centre.

Just for reference i was taking photo of sunset from inside the centre so technically not taking photos of the centre itself.
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If I remember correctly there is a thread about this........ somewhere......if you can find it.
 
I was a shopping centre security manager for four years, and the policy we had was that there was no photography allowed in the centre. We were privately owned and it was the policy that the owners wanted. There were signs on each of the main doors to that effect. SIA badged officers have no rights to look at images or tell someone to delete them and certainly not confiscate anything either. Normally a polite word would resolve the issue. Unfortunately you will always get the odd bad egg of a security officer that is rude and obnoxious no need it for it at all.
 
todders said:
I was a shopping centre security manager for four years, and the policy we had was that there was no photography allowed in the centre. We were privately owned and it was the policy that the owners wanted. There were signs on each of the main doors to that effect. SIA badged officers have no rights to look at images or tell someone to delete them and certainly not confiscate anything either. Normally a polite word would resolve the issue. Unfortunately you will always get the odd bad egg of a security officer that is rude and obnoxious no need it for it at all.
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In fairness you'll also get odd bad egg of a photographer / bloke with a camera that is rude and obnoxious, and as you say, no need it for it at all.
 
Will these security personel take the same view with a person using a mobile phone, using it as a camera?
 
Daven707 said:
Will these security personel take the same view with a person using a mobile phone, using it as a camera?
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This was always an issue as families were always taking photographs especially around the childs play area.It was a natural thing for them to do. There was always a safe guarding issue as well with the odd report of normally men but also some women taking pictures when they didn't have any kids playing this was a flashpoint on a number of occasions. The security team normally approached the public when they were taking pictures inside but this was normally if someone had a proper camera and they were taking pictures of the shop fronts and structure etc etc.. and this was probably because they were easy to spot. I think the rules were outdated really and the basis of preventing people from taking pictures was really to stop terrorists potentially scouting out the building for a possible attack.
 
If I was a terrorist looking to research an attack on a public building I'd go armed with a mobile.
 
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