PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY POLICY (excerpt only)
Policy overview and purpose
SABHA is committed to providing and maintaining a child safe and fun environment. SABHA believes it is important that families can capture their memories and share them with friends.
It is however the right of SABHA, to restrict, ban or require permission for photography.
Note: If you do not wish for your child to be photographed please contact the SABHA Secretary or President via email.
Policy
1. It is the general policy of SABHA that, taking images is acceptable in the following circumstances:
- The images meet the definition below of ‘appropriate images’
- Images are taken respectfully and by a person known to the person, competitor or SABHA (ie registered photographer)
- SABHA competitors are aware that images will be taken
- Identifying information is excluded from any publication of images unless permission has been obtained and granted images of children must not be used inappropriately or illegally.
- Camera phones, videos and cameras are not permitted to be used inside changing areas, showers and toilets.
- No person taking images will be allowed unsupervised access to children. Any concerns or complaints of inappropriate behaviour should be directed to the President of SABHA and if not available, to a committee member in the first instance.
- Persons unknown to you should not be made the subject of an image without permission
- Persons must be appropriately clothed
- Images should be relevant to the sport (i.e. during a competition or presentation). Random crowd photos for example could be considered a breach of privacy (unless professional photographer for events)
- Images should not involve unusual body positions or poses that could potentially be misused
- Personal information must not be published without permission (if unavoidable, only first name should be used)
- Information that has potential to be used as a grooming tool must not be publicised (eg. name, personal details, hobbies etc)
Permissions and Use of images
- Participants consent to images being taken by (or on behalf of) SABHA and being used for promotional purposes by and for SABHA.
- Images may be shown in a public environment (in South Australia, interstate and/or overseas).
- Participants who do not consent to the use of images should inform SABHA in writing.
- SABHA accepts that parents, families and competitors will have legitimate reasons for taking images. SABHA will not unnecessarily restrict a person taking images so long as in doing so this policy is not breached.
- No child should be identified/named without permission of their parent/guardian.
- It is accepted that where new technologies are in place there is potential all activities in that area may be filmed.