Kids in the background

Omeo

Omeo

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Hey, everyone. I tried tacking this onto my last question after I posted it, but the site wouldn't let me save the changes, for some reason.

Anyway, I've heard you're playing with fire if you record other people's kids without their parents permission, but that's not true of kids in the background of a video you film in public, is it? Again, I feel like I've seen plenty of videos filmed on public with kids walking around in the background, and I find it hard to believe the creators got all their parents permission, but I also feel like it's be dangerous to be wrong about this. How does that work, legally?
 
The rules change from country to country, but I believe that in my country (Denmark), you don't need permission to film people in public areas, but if people don't like getting filmed, it's a good idea to respect that.
 
See, it's my understanding that, if you're in public, it's all good, but things seem to get a bit dicey when there's kids involved. I haven't been able to find much info about this, but what I did find said, again, if you're in public, it's all good, but then further down, it said DON'T film other people's kids without their permission. So which is it?
 
Like @Mikkel Frsot said - it is different from country to country. But I believe in general it is okay to record at public places, if they are truly public (some places are just open for all, but not public).If you cannot find anywhere where the rules are clearly stated, you can always blur all faces, and then you are in the clear :)

(If you cannot see the kids' faces, then you have no problem, as far as I know)
 
Google "expectation of privacy" in conjunction with your country. In most jurisdictions, audio, video and still photography operate on kinda a common sense idea of the expectation of privacy. You have that expectation when in a bathroom, change room, on the phone, etc. But when you're out walking down the street, there is no expectation of privacy.

This isn't a 100% answer and you'll want to research it more, but it is a good rule of thumb.
 
You can blur out faces with editing if you know how to do that. in the USA it's legal to film with anyone in the background but if you are near someone you don't know ask their permission first and be clear that they might show up on Youtube.
 
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