Petition · past parliament

Legislate The Right to Privacy in Pool Cubicles and Abolish all Cubicle Gaps.

Closed 68 signatures

What the petition asks

We encourage the Government to look at how service users can be protected from voyeurs who spy at adjoining cubicle 15cm gaps using mirrors or phone cameras/videos in violation of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, sections 67 and 68. Unaccompanied minors from the age of 8 use open-ended Unisex cubicles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/31037310. Swimming numbers down 245,000 as sport participation falls.
http://m.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/12946035.Blackburn_man_caught_spying_on_naked_teen_girls_chatting_in_swimming_pool_cubicle/?ref=mac.
http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/13360028.Swimming_pool_pervert_who_filmed_boys_changing_is_jailed/.
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2015/06/04/dundee-lord-provost-slams-granny-for-taking-changing-room-selfie/.
Google - swimming pool 'voyeurs' in the UK.

Timeline

22 Jul 2015 Petition opened for signatures
22 Jan 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 68
Status Closed
Opened 22 Jul 2015
Closed 22 Jan 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.