When you film or record someone without their permission, you are essentially evading their privacy and simply put, it’s illegal and unethical.

• Respect your participant’s privacy. You want them to trust you.
• If they aren’t okay with being filmed, DON’T FILM THEM.
• Focus your time on listening and observing while taking notes on the important things (mannerisms, behavior, etc.) vs purely relying on a recording.
• In general, you want to be able to gather as much data as possible during the interview and not do that after the interview to save time and focus on more synthesizing data/redefining data.