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Student Failed To Get Parental Permission For Photos

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:30 pm
by Learner
Hi All,

A child care educator was undergoing an industrial diploma course arranged by the employer (Child care centre). The training provider was giving work based assignments for which she was asked to submit photographic evidence of completion. Student educator provided children activity group picture(4 indirect pictures) with pretended name. She failed to obtain parents consent as those pictures were old.

Does this constitute an offence under Victorian privacy legislation or any other law of the land?

Thanks

Re: Student Failed To Get Parental Permission For Photos

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:46 am
by Lorina
Yeah, the student should of obtained permission even if the images were old. I think it falls under the Privacy Act:

Privacy Act

If the student blurs each of the children's face in the photo then I think it's fine...

:geek:,
Lorina