am not posting this along in the same thread as a you tube vid. I am not attaching my own flag to any pole, but, how do we stand naming and shaming other peeps number plates etc ? I know from working in vehicle recovery some years back that we always had to cover vehicle number plates while they were on the recovery truck. Now i know a lot of that was so that the less than honest johnies wouldnt then "clone " cars that were in the shop, out of use for some time. But is there any legal rulling over this. Like i say I dont have a motorist or cyclists head on, just curious, and as it happens all the time I can only assume(I know !) that its ok ?
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(5 posts)- Started 11 years ago by splitshift
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IIRC Magnatom did some research a while back into the legalities of headcam use in a public place. I would guess that it is on his blog somewhere?
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Googling doesn't bring up much about videos, but plenty about photography, albiet in English law rather than Scots.
The rule of thumb seems to be that if the subject is in a place where you wouldn't expect privacy(delightfully vague, isn't it?) then there is no legal restriction on taking photos.
As far as number plates go, isn't it the whole point of them that you trade your anonymity for the licence to do something as dangerous as bring a tonne or two of metal up to speed?#
Anyway, standard practise for headcammers seem to be to title the video with the number plate.
Dave of this parish and at least one headcammer has told the driver involved to 'search for your number plate on Youtube tonight.' As yet I've seen no smartalecs in the comments section trying to wave laws around.
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Number plates are still anonymous - you don't have access to information like names and addresses if you have the numberplate (unless you happen to work for the DVLA or police).
It's not 'personal information' that would excite the data protection laws.
And they are visible out in public.
It's a common misconception that filming etc. out in public is against the alw, and that you have to have permission from people to use their picture. None of which is actually the case (model release forms are basically belt and braces worry, but not required - I once read a great piece on all of this by some big name photographer (can't remember who) who, on the question of whether he used model releases, answered succinctly with 'no' (there was, on further probing, an explanation as to why)).
Owners of private land can legitimately ask that no photography or filming takes place. But the public road is clearly not private land.
(as an interesting aside there are certain buildings that you actually need permission to sell photos of, including the Gherkin in London. Not sure of the exact legal footing of that, but it is apparently the case).
The logical way to think of all of this? Think of Edinburgh and all of those tourists, taking pictures of streets and cars and the performers on the Royal Mile. Then uploading those shots to Flickr and Facebook and so on. Can you imagine how difficult it would be to police the posting of such images and videos? Basically no-one can put anything online unless it contains no people, no registration plates, etc etc...
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like i said, i thought common sense must be in use somewhere ! It was just a question that leapt into my head, and just as quickly fell out again ! Interesting though !
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