Public sector bodies need to be vigilant of A.8 of the HR Act as well
I would get the LGIU Code of Practice on CCTV and base procedures on that;
it was agreed by the Police, Civil Liberties organisations, Local Gov
associations and the DPR.
Mrs. France is promising a Code of P for CCTV soon after the 1998 Act
commences; I doubt whether it will depart too much from the LGIU code.
Also, you need to consider her Code of P for Employee data; the notion of
"freely given consent" in the context of employment can be problematic (e.g.
when your boss says "Do X" and you do X, have you consented to X?)
c
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> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Data Protection and CCTV
> Date: 02 December 1999 11:24
>
> <<File Attachment: ENVELOPE.TXT>> <<File Attachment: FILE0002.GIF>>
> <<File Attachment: FILE0001.HTM>>
> Blyth A J C (Comp) wrote:
>
> Having talked to a few people about how they plan to solve this
> problem. The solution that they are planning to use is to place change the
> conditions of employment (with the agreement of the employees), and to
> place
> notices around buildings saying that CCTV is in operating and that in
> entering this area you are agreeing to certain conditions.
>
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>
> Collective agreements are the usual way to seek changes to the general
> terms & conditions of employment. In dealing with personal data is it
> even feasible to seek a data subject's consent to process via a
> collective agreement? (Dodgy)
>
> G.Dane.
>
>
>
>
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