Children’s pictures and online discussion
No specific provisions are found on the publication of photographs and videos on the Internet but the general rule is that if an individual can be identified in a picture or video, the data protection laws must be complied with.
Children should always have their privacy respected so everyone has to be careful about posting pictures and/or information about children in public, such as on social media. Children should never be depicted in a derogatory or inappropriate way, such as naked, undressed or in difficult situations.
It should be remembered that everything that is published online can be found later and can affect the child’s life in various unforeseen ways.
It is appropriate to put yourself in the shoes of the child and think about how the discussion or images can affect him later.
It is natural to ask for consent from the children before they are discussed on social media or published pictures of them, taking into account their age and development.
Children can and have the right to have an opinion on their discussions about them or their pictures/videos, despite their young age, and they should be taken into account.
Note that the provisions of the Data Protection Act do not apply to video releases in the media except to a limited extent, as the processing is carried out for the purposes of media and journalism. If the images are considered to have news value and are relevant to the public, it is not always necessary to obtain consent for video releases in the media.
