Capital Shopping Centres - Photo Policy

trentside · 11 Oct 2011

Capital Shopping Centres, who own 11 UK shopping centres, have announced they are changing their policy on taking photographs in their centres following an incident in Glasgow. Places affected include The Trafford Centre, the Metrocentre and Lakeside.

It will be permitted to take photographs in the centres with immediate effect apparently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15251848

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Xenophon PCDGS · 11 Oct 2011

Just as I was viewing your posting, there was a mention of this on the BBC national TV news this morning.

bb21 · 11 Oct 2011

Common sense prevails at the end.

passmore · 11 Oct 2011

Indeed, common sense prevails.

When the story first broke, I couldn't believe it. Again I'm judging this by what we're told in the news, but it seems yet another case of security guards taking their job too seriously.

Where have we heard that before....

EM2 · 11 Oct 2011

The security guards were enforcing the company policy at the time, they can hardly be blamed for that.

Peter Mugridge · 11 Oct 2011

Virtually all shopping centres have this policy, we now have the 14 run by this company which says in high profile publicity that they will now permit photography.

This could get interesting as we will now, no doubt, have people doing pictures in all the other centres and quite a few no doubt getting ticked off for it, but they now have a precedent to battle against.

So, could it be that the tide has now turned in favour of the photographer...?

passmore · 11 Oct 2011

EM2 said:
The security guards were enforcing the company policy at the time, they can hardly be blamed for that.

Somehow, I don't think their company policy included using anti-terrorism legislation to justify enforcement of the rules.

At least, that's what the man claimed and what was reiterated on the news.

EM2 · 11 Oct 2011

passmore said:
Somehow, I don't think their company policy included using anti-terrorism legislation to justify enforcement of the rules.

At least, that's what the man claimed and what was reiterated on the news.

Except that was what the police said, not the centre security:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15236758

Mr White said that one officer claimed that under the Prevention of Terrorism Act he was within in his rights to confiscate the mobile phone on which the photos were taken.

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