Surely you all remember the typical recordings of the school in which during something like two hours we could see all the classes doing their particular play or dance. That Christmas party in which hundreds of children were singing carols, those farewell tapes at the end of the course.
Well, in many schools they are taking action and currently Photographing or recording videos of children is prohibited unless there is a signed authorization from the parents of the children.
This measure covers the right to honor, privacy and the image specified in the Child Protection Law that prohibits, among other things, the "dissemination of information or any use of your image or your name in the media that may imply impairment of your honor or reputation, or that is contrary to your interests even if the consent of the minor is recorded." In this way, the parents of each child must sign an authorization as they agree that other parents (or themselves) make photographs or recordings in which their children may appear.
The measure may be exaggerated, however it seems appropriate since the decision and responsibility ceases to be the responsibility of the school to fall on the parents. They decide if they want their children to be recorded or not.
We all remember the first videos and their current substitute, the streaming video, better known as YouTube, Tu.tv or Metacafe, to give some examples. Hundreds of children giving each other porrazos, shouting with excessive joy or with excessive anger, etc., that we are very funny, but that perhaps a father does not do so much.
On the other hand there are schools where there are foster children or children of women victims of gender-based violence in their host whose anonymity in this sense is totally necessary.
