Photographing & Filming
Consent
During the school year there are many occasions and events where students may be photographed, filmed or recorded participating in school activities and events. We do this for many reasons including to celebrate student participation and achievement, showcase particular learning programs and document a student’s learning journey on camps, excursions, sports events etc.
Images of your child may be used by our school within the school community, as described below:
- in the school’s newsletter, social media and website pages
- in the school’s communication, learning and teaching tools (for example emails classroom blogs or apps that can only be accessed by students, parents/carers or school staff with passwords eg Compass)
- for display in school classrooms, on noticeboards etc
We will notify you individually if we are considering using any images of your child for specific advertising or promotional purposes.
This notice applies to photographs, video or recordings of students that are collected, used and disclosed by the school. We ask that any parents/carers or other members of our school community photographing, filming or recording students at school events for example concerts, sports events etc, do so in a respectful and safe manner and that any photos, video or recordings “images” of students are not publicly posted, eg to a social media account, without the permission of the relevant parent/carer.
form without notifying, acknowledging or compensating you or your child.
Consent
If you agreed to and provided permission for the use of photographic or video images of your student by indicating your consent on the Enrolment Form when you enrolled your child at Greater Shepparton Secondary College, and you are comfortable with this decision, you need not take any further action. If you wish to change your position please advise the school as soon as possible.
If you did not consent at the time of enrolment but would like to change the 'do not publish' status of your child, so that they can be included in images alongside their peers, please complete and return the attached authority.
GSSC School Policy
Privacy
Photographs, video and recordings of a person that may be capable of identifying the person may constitute a collection of ‘personal information’ under Victorian privacy law. This means that any images of your child taken by the school may constitute a collection of your child’s personal information. The school is part of the Department of Education and Training (the Department). The Department values the privacy of every person and must comply with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) when collecting and managing all personal information. For further information see Schools’ Privacy Policy (http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/schoolsprivacypolicy.aspx).
Ownership & Reproduction
Copyright in the images will be wholly owned by the school. This means that the school may use the images in the ways described in this