At 19:41 29/11/01 +0000, Ian Welton wrote:
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>The simplest method for the purpose you describe could be to have the web
>cam(s) zoomed out to such a level that no personally identifiable material
>is captured or broadcast. Then ensuring no accidents could happen to cause
>the camera(s) to be zoomed in at any stage. By doing that the data
>protection act issues should not arise as the material captured would not be
>personal data.
We have a camera pointing at our new building work (see
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/msp/webcam.html), and this is far enough
away (and using a camera that does not have a zoom capability)
to ensure that any workmen who may appear in the shot will not
be identifiable. None of us here felt that this feature would
pose any data protection problems at all.
Best wishes,
Adrian
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Adrian Tribe <[log in to unmask]>, 020 7631 6291
Web Editor, Birkbeck College, University of London
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