New ICO guidance:
> Can I post images of suspected shoplifters on social media?
> No.
@neil aww no more “wall of shame”.
@neil do you know how this changes if the behaviour in question is not criminal (but just unneighborly)? The linked page suggests by omission that privacy protections there are weaker, which I find quite surprising (both because wrong accusations are then maybe even a larger problem due Toni legal mechanism to clear one's name and because e.g. theft is a crime only if the victim doesn't consent).
As with pretty much all data protection stuff, it will be case / context specific. But what someone does, for the own personal / domestic purposes, will be different, legally, to what someone does outside that (e.g. in the course of a business).
@neil OK...
Can we ask ICO
"Can I post a polaroid of shoplifter on my wall of the shop?"
See what they say to that?
@neil Now imagining a nice little sign on the door saying "by stealing from this establishment, you are consenting to us using CCTV images of you however we feel like - if you object to this use of your personal data, you may do so by sending us your name, address and proof of ID along with the time and date you stole goods from this shop..."
@neil It's interesting how they answer 'Can I use facial recognition technology'
Yes, but.. <huge list of caveats>
Which for most organisations translates to No, I'd think
