In BC, the privacy act does apply to photographs to a certain extent. However - you can make a photograph of anything and anyone on any public property, (i.e.) streets, sidewalks, town squares, parks, government buildings open to the public, and public places are all OK. Except where a specific law prohibits it – generally a posted sign will advise – lack of sign does not ensure permission to photograph. http://www.langleycameraclub.com/photographers-rights/
If the BC Privacy Act was held to a rigid interpretation and application of law, then millions of photos and videos taken in BC every year with people in the photo other then the principles would be illegal.
thanks but I made no claims anywhere related to the Privacy Act and this has nothing to do with my point.
Here is was I said:
I'd also question the ethics of filming anyone without their knowledge and consent and then posting it on the net let alone possibly subjecting them to internet shaming.
Couple of questions - why not talk to the individual and or call RAPP or send them the video? These seem far better options than posting and also mixing in the issue of methodology.
Ethics has little to do with the law. Cases I referred to took place in civil court. Everyone has a right to their image. Media outlets etc are commonly sued for stuff such as libel and defamation. Most responsible outlets actually have an editorial review of such material and their own ethical guidelines - which we don't have here though I recognize Rod and the other moderators do have a policy and so an excellent job of keeping posts consistent with that. The media usually has legal staff on retainers to review content as needed. Clearly it isn't so simple as being free to take a photo.
Members here are for the most part the most reasonable and thoughtful of all the angling boards I have participated in - though there have been a few exceptions lately.
Internet shaming has become a pox on society. It's the mob in the era of instant communication. Earlier this year a Tacoma teacher named Klara Bowman was fired from her job as a kindergarten teacher for reportedly being drunk in class. You can google that or read about it here:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/education/article64640422.html
If being fired and having her teaching career destroyed wasn't enough, she was subjected to 'internet shaming' and later committed suicide. Her story before being fired was never reported and included personal tragedy followed by a history of dug and alcohol abuse.
In a similar case an Ontario angler was 'internet shamed' for killing a muskie. Though fined $1,000 and banned from angling in Ontario for life his existence was made a misery when another angler published a video made with a cellphone of him clubbing the fish and tossing it back in the water.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-man-who-clubbed-fish-shamed-harassed-online-1.2997259In natural law and ethics, punishment should fit the crime. People shouldn't have their life's destroyed for relatively minor infractions. Clearly no one can know or even guess the possible outcomes once information such as in those 2 cases are published on the web.
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