The Home Office has misinformed asylum seekers and the public by claiming they need permission to take photographs or video in a public place and they should correct it immediately.
In a nine-page online booklet the Home Office states: “In the UK, you should not take pictures or videos of someone without their permission.”
It then goes on to say this includes photographs and videos taken in public places such as streets and parks.
This is misleading and wrong. There is no general UK law requiring anyone to obtain a stranger’s permission before photographing them in a public place, a basic right that even the BBC article on the Home Office online booklet missed despite publishing the page in question.
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