Photos taken by (or for) Just Add Water Swimming

Parents or guardians will be asked for written consent upon enrolment when starting at Just Add Water Swimming. If your consent changes at any point, please inform Just Add Water Swimming immediately via email. In the event that Just Add Water Swimming takes photos or videos at swimming lessons, those who have not given written consent will be removed or blurred from said photos or videos before they are published online. Swimmers will not be blurred if their face cannot be identified (e.g. photo from the back).

Just Add Water Swimming may share consented photos online to Social Media (including, but not limited to, Facebook or Instagram) or our website. Photos may also be chosen for news articles by local and national publishers.

Photos taken by youself or other parents

At Just Add Water Swimming, we welcome you capturing the special moments of your child on camera or video, however privacy of others must be respected. If you wish to use a camera and video at this swim school it is conditional upon the following:

• If you capture an image of another child or individual, you must have all relevant individuals (or their parents) consent to use images
• You do not broadcast or publish images or video footage without consent
• If you capture a private conversation of others when using a video camera or mobile phone, please respect the moment and either delete the footage or obtain all relevant individual consent to retain, use or broadcast the footage;
• Under no circumstances are cameras, video cameras or mobile phones to be used in change room areas or showers;
• You agree to comply with any request by Just Add Water Swimming staff or venue staff to discontinue use of your camera, mobile phone or video, and to delete requested images or footage, where any staff reasonably consider that you are not considering or respecting the privacy of others under this policy.

In Australia, there is no law restricting photography of children in public spaces as long as the images are not indecent, taken in change rooms or toilets, or the child is protected by a court order or for commercial purposes. If a person is taking photographs inappropriately (e.g. breaching the restrictions for that learn to swim facility), then management of the venue should request the person to stop. The manager may be called to escort them off the property. If anyone has reasonable concerns that a person is taking photographs that are indecent or in areas like toilets/change rooms should contact management of the venue.

Please be aware of the venue’s own photography/media policy.

Just Add Water Swimming as defined by the Privacy Act 1998 will not sell or rent your name or personal information to anyone else. We do not sell, rent or provide outside access to our mailing list at all. We will not release your personal information to authorities unless required by law, search warrant, court order, subpoena, or fraud investigation.

Just Add Water Swimming will not share your information with third parties, only to the extent necessary to provide the services and products requested by you. Just Add Water Swimming only saves such personal information that is necessary for you to access and use our services. This personal information includes, but is not limited to, first and last name, email address, phone number, child/children’s names and birthdates and document creation data. Upon request, we will delete your personal information.

Your personal information will be used in order to provide you with the requested services. This includes the use of information for completing transactions or communicating back to you.

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