To think pregnant women shouldn't be filmed during scans without expressly giving consent?

[Greypaw]

It's come to light that cameras were installed in a maternity unit in Cambridge and women were filmed while having scans without explicitly having been told it was happening. It seems this was because the film company was making a documentary about stillbirths and were hoping to catch people at the moment of being told their baby had died. At that point they would be told they had been filmed and permission would be sought to use the footage.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/parents-horror-after-hospital-secretly-11606165

I understand it's important to raise awareness about stillbirth, but surely a note next to a camera isn't adequate when it comes to consenting to being filmed at a time you'd assumed would be private?

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@Originalfoogirl

A hospital spokesman has said “The cameras are always rolling, but the footage can only be viewed with the patient’s express consent”, which implies that consent is NOT expressly sought before filming, contrary to the notice.

I’m thinking this is a technicality issue. Does it still count as “filming” if the film is never viewed and is then deleted. I would say it is, but from a legal standpoint, the signs were put up which warn of cameras filming and that someone might appear on film without having given consent. That’s as much as they have to do.

I don’t trust them for a second. If it’s filming, someone can access the footage. This would have caused me huge distress.

@CannotBeBothered01

True Vision Productions got its £120k fine for this reduced to £20k on appeal www.5rb.com/case/true-vision-productions-ltd-v-information-commissioner/ Still shocking that the hospital got off scott free for allowing it, and staff who didn't actively bring it to the attention of parents should be struck off their professional registers

Bastards. I will ask about cameras in future.