Secret recording for news & factual programmes
- The BBC requires a higher public interest test for secretly recording in a private place where the public do not have access.
- The BBC requires a higher public interest test for secretly recording medical treatments.
- The BBC requires a higher public interest test for secretly recording identifiable people in grief or under extremes of stress both in public and semi-public places.
- We must not go on "fishing expeditions" - that is secretly recording on private property in search of crime or anti-social behaviour by identifiable individuals or a group when there is no clear or current evidence against them of that behaviour.
- We must never use unattended recording equipment on private property without permission of the owner, occupier or agent unless for the purpose of gaining evidence of serious crime. Any proposal to do this must be referred to Controller Editorial Policy and Programme Legal Advice.