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SECTION EIGHT

FOREWORD
This is how broadcaster sees individual or organisations that are affected by programmes,
different from how the general public see and or hears as viewer and listeners.
There are practise that is being followed by broadcaster when it come to dealing with
individuals or organisations, if these practise are follow will not really mean that the breach of
this section of code. If in any way that these practise of this code is not follow than this
constitute a breach of an unwarranted of privacy.
PRIVATE LIVES, PUBLIC PLACES AND LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.
The disclosure of location of a persons or family during gathering of information should not be
revealed unless is justified. In the process that people are caught in the public place during
news still have a right to privacy, unless it allow to infringe it.
Broadcasters should ensure that recorded event in a public place from individual or
organisation required a prior consent before broadcast.
CONSENT
Any infringement of privacy of persons or organisations should have their consent.
Consent should be obtained if broadcasting would infringe the privacy of a person or
organisation, unless infringement of privacy is warranted. A person or organisation can ask for a
filming or recording to be stop when they knew that their privacy is being infringe, if filming or
recording of an institution or organisation a permission must be obtain from the relevant
authority.
GATHERING INFORMATION, SOUND OR IMAGE AND RE-USE OF MATERIAL.
Broadcaster should look into the way they obtain their information so that is not infringe of a
person or organisation privacy. Also with doorstepping we can film or record any interview with
someone for broadcasting purpose, without prior warning.
Surreptitious filming or recording can only be used when it is warranted, if the story of a person
or organisation is in public interest and also if there is ground for more evidence.

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SUFFERING AND DISTRESS
Broadcasters should take a proper care and try not to film people caught up in emergencies,
victims of accidents or those suffering a personal tragedy, unless it is warranted or their
consent are given. If people that are under the state of distress are not to be put under
pressure to provide an interview and broadcaster have to take it into consideration not to
reveal any identity of a person who has died or of victim of accident, unless and until it is clear
that the family have being informed of the situation, after the consent has being obtain.
Broadcaster should try to use any possibility to reduce distress to victim or relatives when they
try to make a reconstruction of an event, unless it is warranted to do so.
PEOPLE UNDER SIXTEEN AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE
Broadcaster has to pay every consideration into the privacy of people under the age of sixteen
and vulnerable people, they should not be questioned about privacy matters without the
consent of a parent, guardian or other person of eighteen.
Vulnerable people are those with learning difficulties, those with mental health problems, the
bereaved, and people with brain damage or form of dementias, people who have been
traumatised or who are sick or terminally ill.