Are there specific regulations for photographs?
The Code of Practice [click here] does include rules relating to photographs. Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Code prohibits the publication of “inaccurate, misleading or distorted material”, which include pictures. Indeed, the Commission has ruled specifically on the digital distortion of images, in an adjudication against a local newspaper [click here], in which it took the opportunity to remind editors that they must make clear to readers when they have altered photographs in any material way. If they are unsure about whether their changes are significant they should incline towards transparency and declare that the image has been altered or artificially assembled. Clause 3 (Privacy) relates generally to “respect for private and family life, home, health and correspondence” and states that “it is unacceptable to photograph individuals in private places without their consent”. Clause 4 (Harassment) states that “journalists and photographers must neither obtain nor seek to obtain informati
