Photography, Filming and Recording Policy

We use photos and video to show families and schools what actually happens in a Good Noise Project room — on our website, on our social media, and in presentations to schools, councils and funders when we're seeking support for future programs.

That's the whole list. We use this material for promoting Good Noise Project and nothing else.

During a workshop we may take:

• Photos of participants playing, writing and working together
• Photos where nobody is identifiable — hands on instruments, a lyric sheet, a wide shot of the room, people from behind
• Short video of the group working, and of the song being performed at the end
• Audio recordings of the song the group writes

Some of this is also for the participants themselves. Every group receives a recording of the song they write, whether or not their family has agreed to us using any of it.

Nothing is used without permission.

Photo and video consent is part of the parent/guardian consent you give as part of our booking terms and conditions — it isn't a separate tick-box. Agreeing to it is one of the steps needed to complete a booking, alongside the rest of the registration form.

Consent expires. We treat every permission as lapsing three years after the workshop. We don't rely on anyone agreeing to something permanent. If we want to keep using material beyond that, we ask again.

On the day. Before we start, we tell participants there'll be a camera around and that anyone can step out of a shot at any moment — no reason needed, no questions asked. Whoever is taking photos is briefed on any arrangement made directly with a family.

Photos and video are taken by Dave Sonntag, or occasionally by someone he's engaged for the day. Anyone taking photos on our behalf:

• is briefed on this policy before the workshop starts
• is briefed on any opt-out arrangement agreed directly with a family
• holds a current Working With Children Check if they'll be present with participants
• hands over all material at the end and keeps no copies

Photos, video and audio from our workshops are:

• transferred as soon as possible to a single dedicated device, into a password-protected folder used only for Good Noise Project material
• kept separate from personal devices, personal photo libraries and personal cloud backups
• deleted from cameras, phones and memory cards once transferred
• accessible only to Dave Sonntag

Files are named and filed by workshop so we can find and remove an individual's material quickly if we're asked to.

We keep material only while consent for it is current. At the three-year mark it's either deleted or we seek fresh permission.

• Sell images, video or audio, or licence them to anyone else
• Use them to advertise another organisation or product
• Publish a participant's surname, school, suburb or contact details
• Publish location data — geotagging is off and we don't identify where a participant lives or studies
• Publish anything featuring a participant whose family or who themselves declined
• Use anything for a purpose the person didn't agree to

We'll stop using the material and remove it from anything we control — our website, our social media, our presentation decks — within seven days, and confirm to you when it's done.

One honest limitation: we can't recall material that's already been printed and distributed, or that someone else has already downloaded or reshared. We'll remove it from everything within our control and stop all future use.

Participants can ask us directly, without going through a parent.

Other participants and their families may take their own photos at our workshops. We ask everyone not to photograph or post images of other people's children, and we say so at the start of every program. We can't guarantee it, and it's worth being aware of.

If something involving your child is posted by another family and you'd like help with it, tell us and we'll do what we can.

If you're unhappy with how we've handled photos, video or audio of your child, contact Dave Sonntag at dave@goodnoiseproject.com.au or 0413 626 240. We'll respond within five business days and work with you until it's sorted.

Good Noise Project voluntarily follows the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. Dave Sonntag holds a current Working With Children Check (WWC 561262) and is SafeTALK trained.