Dutch Data Protection Authority warns: be careful with camera glasses
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has issued an important warning for people who use camera glasses. An increasing number of people are wearing these glasses to take photos or videos of their daily lives. However, the privacy regulator emphasizes that sharing these images is subject to strict rules.
The biggest problem is the privacy of other people. When you record images in public spaces, passersby often appear in them. If these people are identifiable in the footage, you cannot simply post the images on the internet or social media. According to the law, the privacy of others is more important than the convenience of sharing your own recordings.
The AP explains that filming with glasses is different from filming with a phone. With glasses, it is often not clear to bystanders that a recording is being made. As a result, people may feel unsafe or have their personal privacy infringed upon. The regulator therefore calls on users to always take the people around them into account.
If you still want to share images, it is important to first ask for permission from the people who appear in them. Is that not possible? Then the AP advises not to publish the images or to make faces unidentifiable. In this way, users of new technologies can still enjoy their equipment without violating the privacy of others.