I want to create a photoboard showing photographs of all staff and students within my Department. Can I do this?
Photographs constitute personal data so you must get consent from all the individuals concerned before you display their photographs. Consent could, for example, be obtained by asking students and staff to supply photographs and informing them at the point of collection exactly how the photographs are to be used. If an individual objects to the display of their photograph then it must be removed. Since photographs may reveal details of the subject’s race and ethnic origin they are classified as sensitive personal data. Generally photographs should only be used and retained where strictly necessary.
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