Could someone tell me what are the legal issues involved in such situation.
If someone took photos of my car and posted it on a web site or forum, also showing my registration plate is that legal?
Thanks for your time.
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Who owns the VW Sharan pictured currently on the right hand News column?
Put it this way, I think you are being somewhat over-reactive. My son went to a holiday activity day yesterday and they had to ask permission from me to take photos and for these to appear in newspapers. That's daft. Laws on taking photos of poor defenceless motorcars to protect them from car abusers? I hope not!
Regarding the number plate, the resolution on most photos is too poor to read. But, the plate is easily readable all day long, parked outside your home, in town and wherever you travel. More likely to be read there than by number-plate-snatchers surfing over the internet...
Splodgeface
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As long as the photo was taken from a place they had right of access to, not a leg to stand on.
Years ago a pretty house found its photo on a box of chocolates. The owner did not even get a freeby box of chocs, let alone a fee as the photo was taken from the street. Owner I belive sued, and lost.
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Mmmmmm... Surprising that. Media Law normally holds that pictures of cars/people in public are fair game (hence the paparazzi and those who take 'spy shots' of new models) but NOT to be used for commercial purposes. Buildings - I don't know the implications there. Imagine if you had an advert for 'come to cape town' with a picture, and then every owner in the pic wanted a piece of the action?
But back to motoring - if you have had a pic of your car tajen, and it is posted on the web/ published in a magazine and are unhappy about it, a letter to the editor of the site will normally sort it out - they can airbrush the number plate for example.
But in a magazine, it is 'out' and there ain't no way to change anything.
I know that this becomes a problem with guys who own classic and upmarket cars - from a plate, one can get an address, and many villains track down 'desirable' motors for theft purposes.
However, short of getting a new plate...
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2 things. Firstly, how come on t.v. car number plates get blurred out even if the program is nothign to do with the person or the car. Cop shows, where they arrest the driver, then fair enough but on programs where a car drives past they're blurred.
Also, loose motoring link...in fact - no motoring but same topic. The house at the end of the street has CCTV cameras that follow you up and down the street and my Dad said this was technically illegal because to take images of the public without their consent...yadda yadda. Whether it's an old law or something...I do know (from Dad - the oracle) that it's illegal to urinate against the rear offside wheel of your horse drawn carriage but any other wheel is fine.
Crazy
Adam
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Porkscratching,
can I inquire as to a)whether this has actually happened to you and if so b) in what context?
Thanks
Adam
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If the person has a CCTV camera recording you, Under the Data Protection act there must be a sign posted with the details with who to contact about getting a copy of yourself on tape.
You can ask for a copy of you on tape & they have to provide it withing 28 days or you can get them in big trouble.
Mark Thomas had a good feature on this a couple of years ago on channel 4.
Heres a link to a site about Mark Thomas
WARNING: There is some strong language on the site {In that case, I\'ll make it a non clickable link. People, copy & paste it into your URL window if you wish to see. DD}
www.mtcp.co.uk
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40 days for an answer, not 28, Must have got mixed up with the film, lol
Have a look under Campaigns at the top on the site for CCTV / Data protection
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Surely it depends in what context the picture was used? If, for example, it was a photo of a street scene and your car happens to be in shot then there is nothing you can do.
If, however, the picture was used specifically to identify you as the owner and make malicious allegations against you then that would be a different matter.
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Just so you don't get the wrong impression, my Dad and I aren't the type of people who moan on about his camera or anything. I couldn't give two hoots to be honest. In fact, when I'm bored I walk up towards the woods and see how long the camera follows me for ;-) My Dad only mentioned it in passing because he dealt with a similar case the other week.
If the guy thinks that his M reg BM and R reg Golf are that appealing to warrant 4 proper cameras ( I don't mean the ones from Argos - I mean realy twirly infra red cameras!) then that's up to him. We all think he's an idiot :-)
Nice info though Lee - didn't mean to shoot you down.
Adam
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Car number plates can be blurred out on TV programmes as scrotes can theoretically get someone's home address from a plate and if they can then stalk the person etc etc. Mind you most people are on the electoral roll and can be tracked down that way instead.
Also as I understood it you can "copy" a plate off a car to "clone" a car for speeding through s8fety c8meras etc, congestion charging etc. If you have a common car it is probably not an issue, if you have some rare piece of exotica it could be.
mike
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I heard or read about an amateur artist who'd set up to paint a view of a village. One resident approached the artist and insisted that they should not include their property in the view!
Cheers, SS
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