Unauthorised use of CCTV accident footage - DPA breach?

bcfc84

Hi

A couple of months ago I was involved in an accident at work.

This was recorded on the companies CCTV.

Another member of staff has had access to the CCTV and has created a mockery video of the incident and this has been redistributed and has gone semi viral.

As they had neither my permission to publish the footage nor the permission of our employer can anybody advise if this is a breach of the 1998 DPA?

Thanks in advance

TELLIT01

I can't answer the question about a breach of the DPA, but surely it should be a disciplinary offence to have unauthorised use of the imagery anyway.

sangie595

So you've talked to your manager about this?

TyreLever

Do you have links to the video on youtube?

bugslet

TELLIT01 wrote: »

I can't answer the question about a breach of the DPA, but surely it should be a disciplinary offence to have unauthorised use of the imagery anyway.

That, but frankly I'd get over myself. If you don't, then your colleagues will probably take the next opportunity to mock you.

Just my way of looking at things.

martinthebandit

I think the OP would be well to google the term ‘Steisand effect’

BorisThomson

bugslet wrote: »

That, but frankly I'd get over myself. If you don't, then your colleagues will probably take the next opportunity to mock you.

Just my way of looking at things.

Mocking which makes someone feel uncomfortable is bullying, and not acceptable.

I wouldn't make any judgment without knowing what the video showed and how identifying it was (and bcfc you don't need to tell us, or provide links). If it was a simple trip and they can't be identified then I might let it go, but if it was something degrading or humiliating then they should be complaining to their employer.

Why would someone do this to a colleague, if not to cause harm?

geoffken

Try Streisand as in Barbara

stator

I don't think you have a DPA case.
Start an internal complaint against the colleague

ReadingTim

BorisThomson wrote: »

Mocking which makes someone feel uncomfortable is bullying, and not acceptable.

I wouldn't make any judgment without knowing what the video showed and how identifying it was (and bcfc you don't need to tell us, or provide links). If it was a simple trip and they can't be identified then I might let it go, but if it was something degrading or humiliating then they should be complaining to their employer.

Why would someone do this to a colleague, if not to cause harm?

Tell that to the millions (if not billions) of viewers of "you've been framed" - this sort of 'unacceptable bullying' has been going on since 1990 at least.....

glentoran99

ReadingTim wrote: »

Tell that to the millions (if not billions) of viewers of "you've been framed" - this sort of 'unacceptable bullying' has been going on since 1990 at least.....

at least they get paid for it though