Pictures require parents' approval

Lindsay Clark
Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Nursery schools in Aberdeenshire have been told to get the permission of all parents before allowing children to be photographed or filmed during school events. The presence of cameras at school sports days and nativity plays could be reduced following a warning from Aberdeenshire Council that under the Data Protection Act and European Convention on Human Rights, schools must get parents' permission before children are photographed or filmed and the wishes of any parents who object must be respected.