This may be a silly question. Suppose I am a small user - let's say I'm a
school and I have little cameras trained on the drinks machine so that if
one of the kids smashes into it, I'll know which one of them it was, and can
deal accordingly. Now I guess that would mean that my camera is not covered
by DP - after all, I can't move the cameras and all I intend to do with the
images is send them to the Constabulary so that Junior can thumb his nose at
the legal system.
The new CCTV guidance says that large users, i.e. town centre cameras etc.
are still covered, and still need signs. So does this mean that as I am not
covered, I don't need signs? And if this is right, and the cameras are tiny
and nobody notices them, am I conducting covert surveillance under RIPA? Or
am I just trying too hard?
Tim Turner
Data Protection Officer
Wigan Council
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> From: Graham
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> Subject: Re: [data-protection] New CCTV guidance from IC
>
> >I would assume that crime prevention/prosecution of offenders will still
> stand i.e. if >someone is caught on a camera in a small shop in the
> process
> of shoplifting or even >more seriously someone holding a gun to a
> shopkeeper and demanding the takings........I >assume that if they state
> that they are recording surely it must have some merit in a >Court of law.
>
> The guidance actually states that DPA no longer applies if recording is
> merely for the purpose of handing over of recorded images to police to
> investigate such incidents.
>
> >Nearly Friday..............
> Yeh, and the great thing is I'm off tomorrow :-)
>
> Graham
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