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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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%