Surely the exemption from the subject information provisions for crime
and taxation purposes only applies to the extent that compliance with
the provisions would be prejudicial to the purpose? If you don't have
signs for your CCTV cameras, aren't you in effect carrying out covert
surveillance? How could you justify this where, for example, you
monitor a car park with CCTV?
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> ** Reply to note from [log in to unmask] Wed, 14 Feb 2001 03:33:49 EST
>
> Ian can you please explain again keeping your mouth wide open when you
> t a l k t o m e (foreign origin you see;-)
>
> > Sally / All
> >
> > Signs for CCTV cameras under the First Principle - advising data subjects of
> > your identity, purposes, etc are only necessary if they are to be used for
> > purposes other than crime detection and prevention (an exemption would apply
> > if solely for that purpose).
>
> So, if the purpose is Crime Prevention and Detection signs are not needed.
> Yes?
>
> So if we put them up saying _Crime prevention and detection_ that is our
> stated purpose, which means CCTV cannot be used for anything else like your
> examples below, and we needn't have put up.
> Yes?
>
> >
> > If your bosses want the signs taken down tell them the images could not then
> > be used for civil reasons including Disorder, contract compliance, fee
> > avoidance (car parks, etc), non-attendance, or whatever. The use would have
> > to be restricted and of course as ALL the images are for crime
> > detection/prevention the tapes are sensitive data and should be treated as
> > such - high security, limited access, etc.
>
> If Yes and Yes then I shall roll on the floor laughing ROFL, ROFL, ROFL,
> ROFL.
>
> Guess what we put up?
>
> ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL
>
> Charles
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