Smile…you’re on camera!
The use of CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) for surveillance and security purposes is now widespread. What people may not realise is that the recording of a persons image is considered recording personal data. Furthermore, the quality and sophistication of CCTV systems now mean that faces, images and recordings may be clearly recorded.
Data Protection and CCTV
As everybody knows the use of CCTV systems has expanded greatly. In fact people can buy a CCTV system for their own house in the supermarket at a greatly reduced rate. Some of the systems in public premises can be quite sophisticated and have the capacity to recognise faces. If you own a CCTV system […]
Is Big Brother Watching?
When do Data Protection laws apply and what are they? You have certain rights to data protection when personal information about you is held by a business on a computer, in manual form or on paper as part of a filing system, or is made up of photographs or video recordings of your image or […]