Data protection, safeguarding and the protection of children's privacy: exploring local authority guidance on parental photography at school events

Bessant, Claire (2014) Data protection, safeguarding and the protection of children's privacy: exploring local authority guidance on parental photography at school events. Information and Communications Technology Law, 23 (3). pp. 256-272. ISSN 1360-0834

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13600834.2014.973178

Abstract

Should parents be allowed to take photographs at school events? Media reports suggest that increasingly schools are answering no to this question, either prohibiting or imposing stringent restrictions upon such photography. The legal justifications for such restrictions are, however, unclear. Accordingly, in 2013 freedom of information requests were sent to local education authorities across England, Scotland and Wales, the aim being to determine what advice local education authorities provide to schools in relation to parental photography at school events, and to identify how education authorities’ understandings of the law influence the advice they offer. That research reveals that local education authorities’ understandings of the law vary significantly and that where authorities do not fully appreciate the extent of the legal obligations arising this may have significant repercussions for the children concerned.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Published online first.
Uncontrolled Keywords: data protection, privacy, freedom of information
Subjects: M100 Law by area
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Northumbria Law School
Depositing User: Dr Claire Bessant
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2014 11:24
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2023 16:47
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/18236

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