Lisa,

Assuming the phones are not plugged into the mains (via a charger) at the time any voltage/power discharge is limited to the battery capacity. Unfortunately (for you) I can't see any situation where the battery could give rise to a safety issue.

More of a concern to the Spa operators is that by not doing anything to stop this (and therefore unofficially condoning it) they may be risking a breach of the data protection law (GDPR) which came into force last year - see  https://www.npr.org/2018/05/24/614195844/new-eu-data-protection-law-could-affect-people-who-take-pictures-with-their-phon?t=1574173381495

Of course there is a lot of ambiguity in this, they are not the ones doing it (though it is on their premises) and I am not sure that this article is right, but it may give them something to think about.

Alasdair

Lisa,

Assuming the phones are not plugged into the mains (via a charger) at the time any voltage/power discharge is limited to the battery capacity. Unfortunately (for you) I can't see any situation where the battery could give rise to a safety issue.

More of a concern to the Spa operators is that by not doing anything to stop this (and therefore unofficially condoning it) they may be risking a breach of the data protection law (GDPR) which came into force last year - see  https://www.npr.org/2018/05/24/614195844/new-eu-data-protection-law-could-affect-people-who-take-pictures-with-their-phon?t=1574173381495

Of course there is a lot of ambiguity in this, they are not the ones doing it (though it is on their premises) and I am not sure that this article is right, but it may give them something to think about.

Alasdair