Photo & video policy
Prees Cricket and Recreation Club wishes to ensure photography and video footage taken within the club premises is done so appropriately.
Prees Cricket and Recreation Club wishes to ensure photography and video footage taken within the club premises is done so appropriately.
We do not believe that parents and carers should be prevented from taking pictures of, or filming, their children as these are normal family practices and help mark milestones in a child’s life. We believe that the he introduction of proportionate controls on the use of photographic equipment (cameras, and videos, including mobile phones) is part of general safeguarding good practice in any club.
The club is keen to promote positive images of children playing sport and games and is not preventing the use of photographic or videoing equipment. However, photographs are considered ‘personal data’ in terms of the Data Protection Act. Consent from either the child, adult, or both should be sought before capturing, sharing or publishing images where a child can be identified, including posting on the club’s website/facebook etc. In addition, as with all personal data, it should be processed in accordance with the principles laid out in the Data Protection Act, and other relevant legislation and guidance. It is important to be aware that some people may use sporting events as an opportunity to take inappropriate photographs or film footage of children. As a club we should be vigilant about this. Should anyone, whether a child or an adult, have any concerns during an event these should be reported to a club official or the event organiser.
It is also possible that if a picture and name was placed in the local paper, on the club website, social media etc., this information could be used inappropriately. It is for this reason that we follow the FA and the ECB guidance that a child’s picture and name should not appear together.
As a club we will do this by: -
Ensuring that photographs/images are not taken at matches or training without the prior permission of the parents/carers of the child. This permission can be given by proxy by the coach of each team only after parental consent for this has been granted. The coach must arrange this prior to attending matches.
Please download a copy photography & video policy here