Photographing Vehicles and their Reg Plates

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Can anyone advise on this? This seems to be a quiet topic.

Are there any legal issues that stop Snappers photographing Vehicle Reg Plate as part of a job?

E.g I did a job today with the subject being a vehicle falling foul to bad weather - should the reg be pixelated?

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Our local plod blank out reg plates on their Twitter feed for any vehicle stopped for no insurance, mobile phone use or involved in an accident, etc.so could be a privacy thing.
 
The press don’t tend to bother to blank out for print/website publication...

I suspect for the police it will form PID and fall under their data protection policy’s.

Was your job today done in a publicly accessible place or was it on private land?
 
Mozthecat said:
Was your job today done in a publicly accessible place or was it on private land?
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Public, main road.
I am a Press Photographer but just fancied raising the question - sometimes it depends on the circumstances whether I pixellate.

This car drove itself in to a Flood - like you do. I have posted un-pixellated.
 
I don't worry. If the number plate shows then it shows. Your not obliged to cover the reg if your taking photos in a public place, even if the owner asks you not to.
 
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The answer is, it depends. If the image shows implied illegal activity (or anything that could be held to be defamation) then a Reg plate could potential be part of a 'jigsaw identification' and therefore be inadvisable.

In general however, for press work, submit unpixellated and let the desk make the decision.
 
I always obscure number plates, as vehicles change hands I would not like someone to fall foul of a previous owners actions. However if driven in a public space there is an expectation that your vehicle will be seen, so I don't think there is a need for editorial, non commercial use.
 
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