Legal expert Ali Habib confirmed on Sunday that the escalating debate regarding the ban on citizens taking photographs inside government offices represents a complex intersection between the constitutional right to transparency and the requirements of institutional security. He stressed that this issue requires precise regulation, rather than an absolute ban or unconditional permission. In a press statement, Habib noted that the Iraqi constitution guarantees the right of access to information, but restricts it with regulations that protect individuals' privacy, data, and the workflow of official institutions. He added that the security and organizational justifications provided by some departments to ban photography are logical for protecting visitors' privacy; however, the problem arises when the ban is applied arbitrarily without clear legal instructions. The legal expert called for the necessity of decisive legislation to achieve the desired balance between transparency and anti-corruption efforts, and the protection of individual privacy and institutional security, in order to end individual interpretations in dealing with this growing phenomenon fueled by smartphones.