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Photographed in/at work

  • 07-12-2010 1:54pm
    #1
    iceman777
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭


    Following on from this thread in Personal Issues: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056110245, I am curious to see what are the legalities of taking a photograph in work especially in relation to this scenario.

    In my case, and after doing a straw poll of friends in other companies I have found that cameras/photographs are banned due to the risk of intellectual property being removed from the premises etc so I found this instance really strange.

    Anyway, back on topic, can the interviewer request for the photograph to be deleted or can the interviewer try to follow-up through the CEO of the company to go back to the candidate to delete the photograph?


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  • #2
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    How do you know at this stage if the guy has not copied it 100 times and emailed to all his friends?


  • #3
    iceman777
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭iceman777


    you're totally correct. You do not know if he/she did or did not send on the picture or photoshopped it or altered it etc.

    In my opinion, this should never have been allowed, but is it legal for the candidate to do what he/she did in the first place?

    To the best of my knowledge, once in a public place, photographs can be taken, but in this instance, it is on the premises of a private company (I assume).


  • #4
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Whilst it may well be illegal, there is very little that can be done about.


  • #5
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    *legally - if you are on private grounds - it is illegal to take a photograph (there are always exceptions to the rule)

    *if you are in a public place a person can take your photograph - whether you like it or not.

    *= my understand - not legal advice

    EDIT: Why didnt you object when he took out his phone - in the first place.


  • #6
    iceman777
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭iceman777


    I just saw the issue on the other forum and I was interested in it especially as it seems no attempt was made to stop the picture from being taken.


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  • #7
    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    PCPhoto wrote: »
    *legally - if you are on private grounds - it is illegal to take a photograph (there are always exceptions to the rule)

    *if you are in a public place a person can take your photograph - whether you like it or not.

    *= my understand - not legal advice

    EDIT: Why didnt you object when he took out his phone - in the first place.

    Where does it say in law that this is illegal and how did you garner this understanding (where the behaviour - one photograph - falls short of harassment) ?


  • #8
    keith gallagher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭keith gallagher


    This is interesting. My boss took photo's of me and a friend in work last friday and didn't know until we seen the flash


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