Origamist
Legendary Member
Interesting discussion, (following on from Sharky's bus experience). It appears that if you complain to Youtube about cyclecam footage demonstrating your poor driving, Youtube will summarily remove it, as is their want as it is deemed a privacy breach. It's not clear though if this is due to the registration details of the car being divulged in the footage (and meta-data) and/or because it shows the individual's face.
Jamey's reply to Youtube:
http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12609612&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=600
Dear JameyCam, This is to notify you that we have received a privacy complaint from an individual regarding your content:
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Video URLs:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8RZYpjCyys
The information reported as violating privacy is at 0:08
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We would like to give you an opportunity to remove or edit your video so
that it no longer potentially violates the privacy of the individuals
involved. You can edit your video by removing names and other personal
information from the video's title, metadata or tags. Annotations or
marking the video as private are not acceptable forms of editing and your
video will still be at risk of removal. Please edit or remove the material
reported by the individual within 48 hours of today's date. If no action
is taken, the video will then come in for review by the YouTube staff and
be prohibited from being uploaded again.
If the potential privacy violation is contained within the metadata or
title of the video, you should be able to edit this content without video
removal. If the potential privacy violation is within the video content,
the video may have to be removed completely.
Protecting a person's privacy is protecting their personal safety. When
uploading videos in the future, please remember not to post someone else's image or personal information without their consent. Personal information includes things such as names, phone numbers and email addresses. For more information, please review our Community Guidelines at http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines?hl=en_GB and our Safety Centre at http://www.youtube.com/t/safety?hl=en_GBRegards,
The YouTube Team
Jamey's reply to Youtube:
Hello,
Thanks for letting me know but it is my belief that my video
(
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8RZYpjCyys
) does not violate anyone's privacy.
Please note the following points:
- This video was filmed entirely by me using the helmet-mounted camera I
wear at all times while cycling to and from work.
- This video was filmed entirely on public roads.
- The information that I presume is in question is the car's number plate
which was clearly visible in the video.
- The reason cars have number plates is so that the driver can be traced when they do something stupid. In this instance I reported the driver to the police and gave them the URL to this video along with my report. But it is only the police that can trace him. Nobody else viewing this video will be able to track him down, not that they'd want to.
- I presume the driver has received a letter from the police (they told me they were sending him one) about his behaviour and has reported this video for a privacy breach. However none of his personal details are on display. A car number plate is a public-facing record of a car's registration and this video was filmed in public.
Please get back to me to let me know your decision. Thank you.
J
http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12609612&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=600