Southern Cross TV breached privacy by filming through window for Today Tonight report
The media watchdog has found Southern Cross Television breached the codes of practice over a Today Tonight broadcast in Tasmania in which the current affairs show filmed through the window of a house, and broadcast the name of the street and suburb of the people involved in the story without permission.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has today ruled that Southern Cross breached rules on personal information and privacy in a report on a dispute over the sale of a house on November 12, 2013.
According to the adjudication the report “intruded upon” the privacy of the couple living at the house by filming through a window, adding: “Further, the reporter named the street and suburb, and footage clearly showed personal information and signatures on a contract relating to the property.”
The media watchdog found the information broadcast was “related to the complainant’s personal or private affairs” and “intruded upon the complainant’s seclusion in more than a fleeting way”.
