Susan You are looking at the general data definitions. Look at the "Personal DAta" definition in the Act and it is clear that a video or CCTV image is data from which an individual can be identified. John F Hitches General Administrative Manager Kingston University River House 53 / 57 High Street Kingston Upon Thames Surrey KT1 1LQ Telephone 020 8547 7768 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - www.jiscmail.ac.uk/user-manual/summary-user-commands.htm (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^