a man was taking photos of me on the bus, what should I do?

You seem to have missed the bit where the OP described Upskirting pretty clearly?

Unlike you, I check my facts. I am right and you are wrong.

You sure you checked your facts??
You can record people in public, but when you record their face and invade their privacy without consent, it becomes illegal.

You sure you checked your facts??
You can record people in public, but when you record their face and invade their privacy without consent, it becomes illegal.

so I was on the bus and this man got on. he looked kind of rough and he wasn't someone you'd want to get involved with. I'm sitting down on the front seats at the bottom of the bus. there's not lots of people there. this man starts full on staring and smirking at me. I have my legs crossed and I'm wearing a skirt. he gets out his phone and, not even trying to hide it, starts, by the looks of it, filming me. his body is towards the window and his camera is facing me and he's smiling. I don't know what to do so I put my face down and use my phone reflection to see what he's doing. he's still filming me, then he stops and looks at his phone, types something and starts filming me again but he puts his phone lower this time. I uncross my legs and pull my skirt down and look at him and he has the audacity to wink at me. he then starts filming again how he was doing it the first time so I put my head down again. it's my stop and I'm literally shaking. I get up, he watches my every move, grinning, and I walk around him and quickly get off the bus, praying he doesn't follow me. he thankfully stays on the bus. I literally couldn't walk properly, my legs were shaking, I was so scared. I don't know what to do, or what should I have done? on the bus there was only a woman with a pram and an old man sitting behind me. I would never have the guts to tell them to be honest. should I have filmed him back ? I can't report him because the bus we were on doesn't have cameras.

Thankyou!!
also, what would you have done?

Maybe you could ask the bus company for CCTV from the bus station? If you are able to remember which bus it was, and what time it would've arrived at the bus station, you may be able to catch him getting off the bus at the station. it's a bit of a stretch but might be possible?

You can record people in public, but when you record their face and invade their privacy without consent, it becomes illegal.

also, what would you have done?

You should have moved as soon as you were aware. Yes you were afraid but there is nothing else you can do. Creepy *******

She was scared and froze. If she had moved he probably would have kept on filming anyway.

That's because it's something you just made up. Read the post carefully: what's written, not what you want to read.

As for sneering, once again your imagination is getting the better of you. I was simply stating the law, and definitely find what this man did reprehensible.

Evidence? How can you "invade their privacy" in a public place? (There's only one exception that I know of)

Twat him over the head with your largest copy of the Oxford English Dictionary.



On a serious note I'm really sad to read this and sorry that you went through it

I get that people have a difference of opinion but that should not lead to the hostile and condescending tone I detect in the discussion.

Let's not forget that the post was originally started by someone who experienced something quite frightening and all our efforts should be aimed at supporting the OP & not use this thread to vent.

Peace.

No offence, But if I want to call out someone talking nonsense and causing trouble I will and I'm quite capable of doing so without breaking community rules. I'm not really going to listen to someone who just joined telling me where my effort should go