Nursery World - Pictures require parents' approval

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.

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.

Hamish Vernal, the council's director of education and recreation, said, 'Because of this, we have had to introduce a policy that allows us to continue to permit photography and video recording of pupils at nurseries and schools run by Aberdeenshire Council, but at the same time respecting the rights of the individual.'

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