A recent, last few months, question put to me was if audio recording should
also be automatically made where CCTV cameras were located in a particular
public space. The reason given was that it would provide a means of
assisting members of the public. This good idea did not go ahead.
Ian
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From: Maurice Frankel <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 7:37 PM
Subject: RE: CCTV Puzzle
> At 9:54 am +0100 24/7/00, Hodgetts, Jonathan wrote:
> >I have read the Code of Practice and understand data subject's right of
> >access, but still do not understand why anyone should wish to see the
CCTV
> >of themselves? Unlike text data on computer/paper it cannot be
inaccurate,
> >or slanderous. It simply records an event (like someone walking down the
> >street). The data subject does not need to see image, to know what they
> >did. Why should they wish to view unless, they have just carried out, or
> >are about to carry out a criminal activity and want to see your CCTV's
area
> >of coverage, or am I just being very cynical!
>
>
> You may want to know to what extent a recording has caught, or is
> likely to catch, matter which you would normally regard as private:
>
> (a) you are sitting on a bench in a shopping mall writing a letter,
> or a diary, and the CCTV is (or may be) recording what you write over
> your shoulder
>
> (b) you are having a private conversation and the recording is full
> face and capable of being read by a lip-reader
>
> (c) you are in a library or bookshop and the titles you are browsing
> are visible on the recording, and relate to a health, legal or sexual
> problem, from which inferences about your own circumstances are
> likely to be drawn.
>
> Maurice Frankel
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