Can this not be seen as an invasion of Human Rights. If someone is off ill
with say "stress" part of the cure may be to go out for walks or a bit of
retail therapy or could even be visiting a doctor - I think this is a
difficult one.
Doreen Broom
Data Administrator
Scottish Borders Council
Council HQ
Newtown St.Boswells
Melrose
Borders TD6 0SA
Tel: 01835 826516
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cashmore, Stuart [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 06 March 2002 10:22
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CCTV signage - why bother!
>
> With my tongue firmly in my cheek...
>
> Ian suggests that using town centre CCTV to detect staff falsely claiming
> to
> be sick when they aren't is a personnel matter. How about a criminal
> matter
> as well (and hence eligible for S29 exemption)? The crime? - obtaining
> money
> (sick pay) by deception (pretending to be sick).
>
>
> Stuart Cashmore
>
> Information Security Manager
> McKesson Information Systems UK Ltd
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 06 March 2002 08:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: CCTV signage - why bother!
>
> In a message dated 05/03/2002 16:46:48 GMT Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << So why does anyone bother with signs when arguably all CCTV
> schemes are
> there in some measure to prevent or detect crime? >>
> --------
> Am I just getting cynical or does Duncan aim to wind us up each
> week
> with a
> tale of "how to get round the Act in a dodgy way"?
>
> In this case, as he well knows, CCTV is not used SOLELY for crime
> detection
> and prevention. In many cases, councils use the system to reduce
> civil
> offences such as disorder (Crime and Disorder Act 1998 - which
> includes
> anti-social behaviour) and in some cases employers use it for
> internal
> disciplinary matters as well as crime perpetrated by staff.
>
> In some cases town centre footage is used for personnel matters
> when
> staff on
> the sick are caught on camera, or for contract compliance where
> contractors
> are not sweeping the streets properly. Obviously the signs
> indicating these
> purposes would be huge and impractical so many would choose to
> include such
> uses in the contract of the person being watched.
>
> Without signage, although perhaps not a breach of DPA first
> principle if the
> images are just used for crime purposes, there could be a breach
> of
> human
> rights, RIPA and PACE regulations to name but a few of the rules
> DPOs have to
> consider as well as DPA - if only it were that simple!
>
>
> Ian Buckland
> MD
> Keep IT Legal Ltd
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