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But because you've named them in the article you clearly want them identified in the piece so all aspects of data protection go out of the window immediately.Īny other issues that schools need to consider come under the umbrella of safeguarding rather than data protection.

There may (pushing it!) be an issue if you, for example, create a news article with the photo of a student who has just won an award and you name them, because then that person can be identified. The top and bottom of it? PHOTOS AREN'T PROTECTED BY THE DATA PROTECTION ACT. I made a quick phone call to the Information Commissioner's Office and had a chat with their 'Advice Team'. Myth Busted: It isn't a Data Protection IssueĪ recent conversation with a client brought up the issue of data protection and a big question arose are photos protected under the Data Protection Act? I was quite sure I understood the legislation around this but want to make sure that we are on the right page. Here's the reasons why we choose not to in the Schudio School Website CMS. We always try to make our case for why we think it's not the best solution to protect your images in the friendliest way we can, but it may be helpful to explain a few things, especially as other school website providers do disable right-click on their websites. There is also the issue of children being identifiable within the photos. The reasons are often the same the school wants to protect the images on their website which is completely understandable when you have possibly paid for the photos. Every so often a client asks us if we can disable right-click on their school website.