"I was panicking. You don't know what you might have been caught doing. What if they've got a horrible video of me? After all, she was just literally stood having a conversation. Yet she felt embarrassed. That intrusive lens completely violates all privacy."
"It is not illegal to film in a public area unless a reasonable expectation of privacy is being breached, a private or intimate act is being captured or the filmer's behaviour counts as harassment. But a recent BBC investigation found more than 65 online channels with nightlife content videos, which had collectively been watched more than 3bn times over the past three years."
Nancy Naylor Hayes discovered herself in a covert video montage filmed on Manchester streets without her knowledge or consent. The video, shared via Facebook, featured women filmed during nights out, with close-up shots and lingering camera work. Hayes felt violated and embarrassed despite simply having a conversation in public. While UK law permits filming in public spaces unless a reasonable expectation of privacy is breached, intimate acts are captured, or harassment occurs, a BBC investigation revealed over 65 online channels dedicated to nightlife content with collectively over 3 billion views in three years. This content exists in a legal grey area despite raising significant privacy concerns.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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