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theconrodkid

Original Poster:

372 posts

291 months

Thursday 13th December 2007
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working on a site at the mo that is non smoking,we are right by the gate that leads onto a public road,when we are waiting for someone/something to happen i step outside the site for a puff,there is a muppet there(rep of site owners) that followed me out and tried to take a photo of me, i pointed out that i was on the public road and not his site,he continued to aim his camera at me so i told him in no uncertain terms that i didnt want him taking a pic of me and walked away.
is he infringing my privacy/human rights/causing me stress and suffering?

voyds9

8,490 posts

314 months

Thursday 13th December 2007
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In a public place he can take a photo of whatever he likes including you.

If this stresses you perhaps you should step back on-site where he needs permission to photograph you, however, you cannot smoke.

Maybe he has it in for you as you left site without permission and it was nothing to do with smoking.

wrinx

680 posts

271 months

Thursday 13th December 2007
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If he continues to do this could it be considered as harassment?

wrinx

fat tony

392 posts

238 months

Thursday 13th December 2007
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Its harassment mate. Yes he can take your picture, why? God know. Just ask him to stop, get a mate to witness it, and take it up with your team leader/line manager. Or take pictures of him each time he takes them of you.

theconrodkid

Original Poster:

372 posts

291 months

Thursday 13th December 2007
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cheers peeps for the prompt answers,i,m not skiving as such,there is nothing for us to do while we wait for something to happen,others sit down and talk rubbish,i prefer to have a puff

Santa Claws

420 posts

231 months

Thursday 13th December 2007
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Just walk away. If he persists, ask him to stop. If he continues, give him a slap.

You'll be supprised how receptive someone is after you've just given them a slap, or the old Mk1 bunny punch to the chin.

Works wonders. Nothing says "Stop being a ." more than chinning them.

If he really does persist, bring your keyboard out with you whilst you smoke and practice swishing it around like a samurai.

He will seriously NOT go anywhere ing near you if you do this, you mad freak.

HTH. thumbup

kwakka

36 posts

228 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Just print out a few pages of html code and stare at them intently whilst having your fag - used to work like a charm!

streaky

19,311 posts

280 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Here are three three-step processes to dealing with the problem.

The first way:
1) Become a celebrity.
2) Sell photographs of yourself to one of the 'celebrity magazines'.
3) Sue the current photographer for breaching commercial confidence.
Alternatively:
3) Sue for breach of privacy.

But you have to be a 'celebrity' or it doesn't work.


The second way:
1) Serve as a steward in the Merchant Navy.
2) Become Deputy Prime Minister.
3) Punch people in the street with impunity.

But you also have to play croquet, be a complete prat who burbles nonsense all the time and have your diary secretary give you BJs under the desk!

Can you do either of these? If not, relax and enjoy the attention. Strike a pose when the happy-snapper comes out.

wink

Streaky

7db

6,060 posts

261 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Streaky - I think he needs to publish under part one, not just take the photo.


In short if he's taking a photo of you, taken from a public place, even if you are not, and providing it's not outraging the public decency (ie it's a not photo down your trousers taken from a public place), then he's got a few rights.

However, you have a few rights over the image that he creates. In particular his ability to publish that image or make any commercial gain where you are the subject.

Should he link it to your name or identity then he becomes a data controller, and needs to register with the Data Commissioner.


I had a one pager on this somewhere, but I can't find it at the moment. I'll post it when it comes to light.

Ledaig

1,810 posts

293 months

7db

6,060 posts

261 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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That's the fella - thanks.

g_attrill

9,164 posts

277 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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7db said:
However, you have a few rights over the image that he creates. In particular his ability to publish that image or make any commercial gain where you are the subject.
Not quite, I think the only rights you have is that your image cannot be used to endorse a product, they can publish or sell the photo with no problems - otherwise where would the paparazzi be?

theconrodkid

Original Poster:

372 posts

291 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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i mentioned it to the guy i am working under,he mentioned it to the muppets boss who in turn mentioned it to the muppet,said muppet got a bit grumpy and left site early clutching his lunch box :-)

Westy Pre-Lit

5,088 posts

234 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Next time take piccys of him with your phone taking piccys of you taking piccys of him taking piccys of you taking piccys of him......................

Then tell him in no uncertain terms that if he don't off, you'll go to the old bill and say you got some piccys of a peado taking piccys of local kids. thumbup

Personally though he would have heard 2 warnings....the third he would have felt.

Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Friday 14th December 19:19

Hooli

32,278 posts

231 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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shove the phone up his arse & then kick him in the keypad hehe

southpaw

5,999 posts

256 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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I've got a sodding brilliant plan. Go to the gate, and stand with one foot on site, one foot on the pavement and light up. You'll be ok smoking as half of you is on the street, but he can't take photos of you as half of you is on site so he needs permission.

I'm a genius! thumbup

streaky

19,311 posts

280 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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7db said:
Streaky - I think he needs to publish under part one, not just take the photo.
I simplified wink .


7db said:
...(ie it's a not photo down your trousers taken from a public place), ...
I'm trying to work out how you take a photograph down somone's trousers from a public place. yikes

Streaky

rs1952

5,247 posts

290 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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southpaw said:
I've got a sodding brilliant plan. Go to the gate, and stand with one foot on site, one foot on the pavement and light up. You'll be ok smoking as half of you is on the street, but he can't take photos of you as half of you is on site so he needs permission.

I'm a genius! thumbup
But then, going by what happened to Charles Kennedy when he was hanging out of a train window having a fag, you'd be done for smoking on a no-smoking site rolleyes

Ordinary Bloke

4,559 posts

229 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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If you're that good looking I think you should post a picture of yourself... perhaps he's a gay admirer (nothing wrong with that)?

Why not ask him if he's gay, there's no law against that in a public place?

Or just offer to beat the cr@p out of him if he doesn't f&ck off?

7db

6,060 posts

261 months

Saturday 15th December 2007
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quote=7db]...(ie it's a not photo down your trousers taken from a public place), ...
[/quote]I'm trying to work out how you take a photograph down somone's trousers from a public place. yikes

Streaky
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I originally wrote that as up your skirt, which is technically more obvious, but I don't think I wanted to accuse the OP of being a skirt-wearing smoker.