peterwn writes:
>On May 10, 11:33 pm, Saab C900 Viggenist
>wrote:
>>
>> Yes you can purchase copies of photo(s) by sending $11 to the SDRO (I did
>> that recently for a camera fine notice I've received), but they will NOT
>> show faces due to privacy laws - if any personal features are visible
>> they're obscured before the pictures are printed and sent.
>>
>Golly! I have never heard of such PC crap in all my life! Surely the
>owner of a car is entitled to see a picture of the person driving his
>or her car especially when the driver has dropped the owner in it.
>Perhaps privacy is merely an excuse, the authorities do not want
>drivers identified as it causes them more hassle and work.
Don't really know, but the rules about getting copies of the pictures are
very explicit to say that any visible faces shown will be 'blocked'. I guess
it just means someone digitally alters the image before printing it, but
then that raises the question of the important features (like rego number,
etc.) being changed or potentially changed.
I have never been in a court hearing over a speed camera fine so I don't
know if the pictures used as evidence have faces 'blocked'. Anyone know?
I can think of one reason (which is a bit counter-productive) - if the car
has been stolen, then because the vehicle owner wasn't driving it, the
identity of the thief is *protected by privacy laws* in any images captured
for an 'official' fine-issuing purpose by a speed camera, etc. Really stupid
(hence the note it's counter-productive), but that's the way privacy
legislation works (at least here in NSW). It might be national since there
are national privacy Acts too.
Craig.
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