#DalamBerita: Respect for privacy vital in public photography
PETALING JAYA: Respect for privacy is critical in the digital era, especially when there are no laws prohibiting the public from taking pictures or videos of other individuals, said lawyer Fatihah Iliani Jamhari. She added that Section 4 of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 focuses on business transactions, so the lack of a specific law protecting individual privacy in regard to photography or videography raises concerns when such images are misused or provide a misleading perception once uploaded on the internet. “The Federal Constitution does not provide the right to privacy as a basic freedom of an individual. We do not have a law that enforces the right to privacy. “It becomes a crime only if pictures or videos are misused for sexual or deceptive reasons.” She said images taken in a public space is governed by the personal ethics of photographers and videographers. “I don’t think enacting a photography-cum-videography law would help. Rather, it boils down to education on the im...









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