united-kingdom privacy recording
When is it legal to be recorded? (UK)
<p>The following occurred on private property, no civil servants involved and not illegal.</p>
<p>There was an incident which the other side found funny and they decided to record me without my knowledge.
When I find this out, I ask them to delete the video and photos, which they said they would. <strong>At this point, I have withdrawn my consent</strong>.</p>
<p>I later see their phone and they haven't removed the footage.</p>
<p>Which act covers this, specifically a section so I can look it up on legislation.gov.uk?</p>

<h2>When is it legal to be <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4093108/illegal-record-conversation-film-someone/#:%7E:text=The%20rules%20vary%20between%20businesses,a%20conversation%20without%20telling%20someone.&amp;text=If%20you%20sell%20a%20recording,could%20be%20a%20criminal%20offence." rel="nofollow noreferrer">recorded</a>? (UK)</h2>
<p>It's pretty much always legal to record someone providing it's not done covertly.</p>
<p>You say the situation occurred on private property - the controller of that property can prohibit or otherwise restrict recording on that property by communication that in <em>advance</em>. They cannot require the deletion of recordings that were made while the recorder had permission.</p>
<p>The subject of the recording cannot require deletion either.</p>
<p>Such recordings are only illegal if they are made for a voyeristic sexual purpose without the consent of the subject.</p>
