Data Protection Commissioner warns BirdLife - FKNK

Glenn Micallef

Jan 9th, 15:56

Mr Joe Camilleri, you are wrong, as usual. Birdlife, CABS and the public can continue filming hunters breaking the law, as long as they do not publish the video (e.g. upload on their website) which shows the identity of the person involved. So, unfortuanetly for you they can still film and we will still see videoes of rambos shooting eagles, storks, herons and what not out of the sky and such evidence is passed to the police......
Enjoy: http://www.birdlifemalta.org/view.aspx?id=343

Mark Sultana

Jan 9th, 15:55

FKNK be honest and say exactly what the data protection has told BLM. For those who want to know click on the link http://www.birdlifemalta.org/view.aspx?id=343 .

Carmelo Aquilina

Jan 9th, 00:50

if you are in a public place then you are fair game for being photographed ....what next we cannot take videos at festas or public places...?

Silvio Mizzi

Jan 8th, 23:25

http://archive.huntinginmalta.org.mt/uploads/24/827/GWIDA_Small_Size.pdf

D Borg

Jan 8th, 20:16

CABS & BLM take footage of hunters, simply so that they can have an indication who was hunting in a particular area, should a protected bird be shot at from the said area.

It is obvious that BLM do not have any fetish about hunters and hunters are definitely not of the photogenic types albeit they can be funny if they refrain from using their shotguns.

However considering that protected birds are killed quite frequently and with impunity, since ALE are a rare species and generally take ages to respond to calls reporting hunting illegalities – BLM are justified to take up their filming tasks and enjoy the verbal and physical abuse that hunters repay them with.

The FKNK is invited to install CCTVs around the whole countryside (since FKNK insists that it is all theirs to exploit) during the hunting season, so it can defend its members from the evil hunters …oooops sorry I mean poachers! If FKNK has any shred of credibility it will seek to maintain an open register (possibly online with MEPA) about the individual identifiable hunters that are hunting in a specific area at any moment in time. Thus BLM will just need to keep their cameras on the skyline to deter hunting abuses, whilst if they record an abuse, the FKNK-MEPA register should indicate who should be called in for questioning. Unfortunately hunters turn a Nelson’s eye when they see one of their peers commit a criminal act, and their pseudo macho melts away, as they are aware that some hunters are so sick that they heap vengeance if crossed (i.e. reported).

As for our dear sleepy Data Protection Commissioner – who seems to have been awaken by FKNK’s cries, I respectfully ask him to re-read the Act as kick himself into proposing overdue changes to the vile articles that the PNPL duopoly have exempted themselves with so that they can run roughshod over the privacy of the general public!

James McIntosh

Jan 8th, 20:06

Does this mean that all surveilance cameras are now deemed illegal. also speed cameras.
These are used to identify persons without their consent.
Same rules apply for all or none at all

Antonia Vella

Jan 8th, 19:35

Lol vera ta d dahq din il- ligi

Jay Oatmon

Jan 8th, 19:19

Big Brother laws to protect those at the top - what a joke.
The EU needs to get onto this fast and straighten out the Maltese 'lawmakers' to bring them into line with the EU and freedom of speech etc.

Maybe we nee the 'Arab Spring' Facebook situation here in Malta to get freedom from these daft self serving laws.

C Cassar

Jan 8th, 18:30

If there's nothing to hide, what's the problem with being on photo/video? A sure sign of guilt when people complain of being 'caught' on viseo.

Joseph N. Attard

Jan 8th, 17:59

Let me get this right. If someone is doing something illegal (say breaking into a car), is it against the Data Protection and Privacy Act to take photos or videos of the culprit, as proof for any subsequent action? If it is, then we have another of those laws that Dickens called an Ass.

J. Mifsud

Jan 8th, 17:57

So if I see myself walking down Republic Street on some TV programm I can sue them. Lovely! Xarabank here I come!

David Hill

Jan 8th, 17:37

Does that mean that that you are breaching the rights of anyone breaking the law if you take pictures/footage of them in the act?

C Cassar

Jan 8th, 17:29

Just shows how desperate FKNK is getting now the EU has cornered them. It's a sure sign of the long awaited full ban on hunting that will shortly be in place.

OMAR SAMMUT

Jan 8th, 17:25

Agree 100%

Silvio Mizzi

Jan 8th, 16:28

Data protection act no shooting photos and video in private areas ???

Mr Joe Camilleri

Jan 8th, 16:16

So as ALWAYS, the FKNK was right.