http://www.photolegal.com/index.php/2009/11/22/the-data-protection-act-versus-photography/ A UK podcast about Photography and the Law Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:58:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.photolegal.com/index.php/2009/11/22/the-data-protection-act-versus-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-2545 Giles Arbon Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:26:26 +0000 http://www.photolegal.com/?p=892#comment-2545 In my particular field of photography, clinical, the DPA does play an important part. As we and other health care professional take photographs of patients for clinical and non clinical purposes we have to ensure we comply with the DPA with regard to identifying people within a hospital environment. For non clinical (PR) photographs it has to be assumed that any person on hospital premises or entering is a patient therefore including them in any PR photographs could be a breach of the Act. In my particular field of photography, clinical, the DPA does play an important part. As we and other health care professional take photographs of patients for clinical and non clinical purposes we have to ensure we comply with the DPA with regard to identifying people within a hospital environment. For non clinical (PR) photographs it has to be assumed that any person on hospital premises or entering is a patient therefore including them in any PR photographs could be a breach of the Act.

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