In reply to Post #13
No, your expectation of privacy pretty much went when you opened the front door. Do you really not think these delivery companies would not do a rudimentary check of the law before changing their practices?
No, your expectation of privacy pretty much went when you opened the front door. Do you really not think these delivery companies would not do a rudimentary check of the law before changing their practices?
Count yourself lucky you got the parcel 
In reply to Post #16
If its private property they have to have prior permission to take the photo,if the courier was stood on public property and you are on private then they can take the picture without the permission of the person being photographed.
If its private property they have to have prior permission to take the photo,if the courier was stood on public property and you are on private then they can take the picture without the permission of the person being photographed.
In reply to Post #16
You'd think the police would do too but I dare say 99% aren't fully clued up.
You'd think the police would do too but I dare say 99% aren't fully clued up.
In reply to Post #14
Oddly enough a delivery came later too and he took a photo of the parcel on the doorstep.....
Oddly enough a delivery came later too and he took a photo of the parcel on the doorstep.....
In reply to Post #17
In reply to Post #18
Nope. You can ask them to stop but they don't need permission to start.
Nope. You can ask them to stop but they don't need permission to start.
In reply to Post #18
That's my understanding of the law too.
Watch a lot of auditing photographers and you'd be amazed at just how many who you'd expect to know the law just haven't got a clue.
Check out focus pocus on YouTube and many many more.
Edit - My understanding is that whilst one can reasonably expect deliveries to your home therefore kind of allowing them onto your property they are not allowed to take photo of you inside your home.
That's my understanding of the law too.
Watch a lot of auditing photographers and you'd be amazed at just how many who you'd expect to know the law just haven't got a clue.
Check out focus pocus on YouTube and many many more.
Edit - My understanding is that whilst one can reasonably expect deliveries to your home therefore kind of allowing them onto your property they are not allowed to take photo of you inside your home.
In reply to Post #16
I asked if it was law or not, so doesn't explain exactly by you asking if I didn't stop to think that these delivery companies would do a rudimentary check on the law or not.
I asked if it was law or not, so doesn't explain exactly by you asking if I didn't stop to think that these delivery companies would do a rudimentary check on the law or not.
In reply to Post #22
If they are taking the picture whilst stood on private land then yes they do need prior permission,also you do have an expectation of privacy in your home or garden.If someone takes your picture in your garden/home it is likely to cause a breach of privacy laws.The police probably won't act on it though to be fair
If they are taking the picture whilst stood on private land then yes they do need prior permission,also you do have an expectation of privacy in your home or garden.If someone takes your picture in your garden/home it is likely to cause a breach of privacy laws.The police probably won't act on it though to be fair
Another thing to get one thinking is would this person be allowed to take a photograph of someone in their own home whilst using their personal phone from on my property?.
Whose to say that this wasn't that delivery drivers own phone as some folk wouldn't think on to differentiate.
Whose to say that this wasn't that delivery drivers own phone as some folk wouldn't think on to differentiate.
In reply to Post #24
No, there is no law that states you may not take photographs in the circumstances you describe. The delivery companies would have checked this before making it company policy and instructing their drivers.
No, there is no law that states you may not take photographs in the circumstances you describe. The delivery companies would have checked this before making it company policy and instructing their drivers.
In reply to Post #24
You do realise your future deliveries will have endured Jonny Wilkinson-esque half way line conversions in the sorting office from this day forth
You do realise your future deliveries will have endured Jonny Wilkinson-esque half way line conversions in the sorting office from this day forth
In reply to Post #25
Do the police still turn up at your door when you've being burgled?.
Only ask as the bitch might rob me next time.
Do the police still turn up at your door when you've being burgled?.
Only ask as the bitch might rob me next time.
In reply to Post #28
Frantically searching eBay for a medicine ball.
Frantically searching eBay for a medicine ball.