Dance class or documentary- AIBU to be furious?

[Inkyblue123]

last weekend my DD was at her usual dance class in a local church hall. Is a paid for session, not open to the general public and parents usually drop kids off and wait outside or run errands, we do not sit in.
A new mum came along with her child for a trial. Fine. But when I came back 5 mins before the class ended I found her in the hall filming the entire class, not just her child but everyone. No idea how long she had been recording.
I politely said she shouldn’t be filming other people’s kids. She got really aggressive saying “I’m sending it to Granny”. As if I care. She didn’t care how intrusive it was. Or weather anyone else was comfortable.
i found her attitude really entitled and dismissive. While it’s nice share videos , not every moment needs to be recordered or shared. Kids deserve space to play and learn without permanent digital traces. It’s about consent, respect and privacy. AIBU to think she’s massively over stepped or is this the way of the world and I need to get over it?

What did the person that teaches or organises the class say?
They are running a business, they should be aware of the need for safeguarding and GDPR

Did the teacher know they were filming? Is there a policy regarding this?
I wouldn’t be impressed but I’d assume she was mostly filming her child.

The dance teacher should have dealt with it really but are you sure she was actually filming the other children? We are only allowed to film at the end of term performance and everyone has to sign a consent. Even then, I make sure that I zoom in so that im only filming my child. In future, id raise it with the teacher rather than the parent directly.

Edit to add that - yes, your point about playing without digital traces is well made but my DC's grandparents are 500miles away and filming them is the only chance they might have to see her dance. So just as you don't care about that, the other mum obviously doesnt care about your stance on digital traces.

Was the class leader aware she was filming? Very unusual if they were aware and allowed it to continue, for commercial confidentiality reasons if nothing else.
I think a quick clip centred on their own child to send to granny which incidentally includes other children is fine, but deliberately filming all children, or the entire duration of the class, is not.
Speak to the class teacher.

GDPR rules don't apply to the mum.

I would have spoken to the teacher at the end. Some parents put every aspect of their children's lives on social media. "it's for granny" sounds like bullshit.

I would be very surprised if the teacher was aware and knowingly allowed it. It is a huge safeguarding red flag.

Do speak to the teacher and voice your concern.

I would be furious with the class leader for allowing this. What were they thinking?

The dance teacher should have told her to leave the room. Parents should not be staying for activities and they certainly don't need their phones out. Distracting for the teacher and the class.

Raise it with the teacher.

It’s clear when you sign up to my child’s dance class that you’re not allowed to film. The class should have a policy about it.

My DD grandparents are also hundred of miles away. I still wouldn’t dream of videoing a dance class, I would do it at the end of class away from everybody else.

Also the teacher was busy teaching, the mum in question was sat down and trying to be discreet. Not that it stopped her panning her phone around - so she definitely was not just taking a quick video of her child.

I don't understand the 'documentary' bit.

What did the teacher say about it?

You need to let the teacher know, massive safeguarding breach.

Agree that this is for the teacher to address. I'd expect the dance school to have a photography policy - every activity my DC ever did had one. Normally even if you give consent for photography/video it's for the school or club's use, not other parents.
It's different if you're taking part in a public event eg playing in football match on a pitch in the park, as people can take photos in public places without consent, but in a private space it's not on.

But did you raise it with the teacher after she finished teaching? You said you came in 5mins before the end so presumably you mentioned it when collecting your child and before the next class started?

As a foster carer this could have been a potentially dangerous situation for some of the children I care for, A major safeguarding concern and Children's Services would have become involved. I would have been totally furious,

Even if the video is just "for Granny" you don't know her bloody Granny.

At the very least it's really poor manners to film other people's children let alone the safeguarding problems.

Presumably the OP was being sarcastic, as in "is this a dance class or a documentary?" because of them being filmed

This is one for the teacher to address.
My kids go to a dance class and we also drop and go - I’d wonder why she’s even there, tbh! But we all have forms where we tick to consent to photos during classes for their social media posts.

During shows, the teachers tend to come out at the start to say you can take photos but they can’t go on social media and for personal use only (how far people do this I don’t know - but, that’s the only time I know they allow parents to film/take photos)

What is the class policy? Had the teacher discussed this with the mum? That’s who I’d be having the conversation with.

Awful breach of etiquette, but not the law. I'd check the policy and mention it to the teacher or business owner. Surely everyone knows you don't film the group stuff without consent, just your kid and their mates afterwards.

Thankyou all for your responses. I will definitely raise this with the teachet

You prove one of the golden rules of the internet. Everyone who mentions “GPDR” on the internet has absolutely no idea about GPDR. Every single one.