Colette,
This concerns us both as a council and as administrators to the Northumbria
Police Authority.
There are a number of issues re: private use of CCTV including planning
(listed building status & tenants' alterations permissions) through to
tenancy relations / enforcement. We already have a problem with feuding
tenants training the cameras on each other as an intimidatory tactic.
How do we protect the privacy of individuals, particularly in public areas
that we otherwise control? Individuals walking along the street on a
council estate might expect the council to film them and use the tapes in a
responsibe manner, we have notices to that effect and SAR policy.
They may not realise that dozens of tenants could also film them at the
same time but with no regard for their privacy rights and potentially use
the tapes for whatever they wanted.
Also how can we promise cond=fidentiality to service users, particularly at
social service drop-in centres, etc. if anyone can train their camera at
the door (and potemntially sell the results to 'You've been framed' with
impunity.
Judging by the number of people who've asked for a copy of whatever I get
from IC's office, I guess we're not alone with these problems, so I'll post
the outcome for the whole group, Kirsty.
From: Colette Healiss [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>I don't understand what is your concern here. Is it the status of the
>evidence should it come to be submitted to court? Do you want to be sure
>you are in a position to give the correct advice to people who undertake
>such surveillance or do you have some role in this that I can't see?
>surely a council has no responsibility in such a matter?
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