Michael Barrymore TikTok videos prompt concern over filming on smart glasses

Michael Barrymore TikTok videos prompt concern over filming on smart glassesImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Former TV presenter Barrymore has become hugely popular on TikTok in recent yearsBySteven McIntoshEntertainment reporterPublished24 June 2026, 17:54 BSTUpdated 1 minute agoRetail staff being filmed by members of the public without their knowledge or consent is an "increasing problem", a shop workers' union has said.It comes after a sales assistant told the BBC he had appeared in a video uploaded to TikTok and YouTube by former TV presenter Michael Barrymore without being asked for his permission.Barrymore often films videos, including trips to the shops and interactions with the public, via a small built-in camera on his smart glasses, and uploads the videos to his several million followers. Although Barrymore's exchange with the staff member was good-natured, Jayne Allport from the union Usdaw said other filmed encounters the public have with shop workers can "get heated" and are "really concerning".There is no suggestion that Barrymore and other users of the smart glasses who film in shops are committing a criminal offence, although their actions are a breach of data protection laws.Barrymore has been asked for a response. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, Allport noted some retail staff could have serious concerns about their occupation or location being made public because of their own personal circumstances.She told presenter Katie Razzall: "They could be filming someone who has escaped an abusive relationship or violent past and they don't want anybody to know where they are."Unlike filming in public places, shops are private premises where permission to take photos or film should be sought from the owner.Sales assistants at work would generally be considered to have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and for their consent for any use of film or photographs of them to be obtai...