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Data Protection
You may not be aware of the legislation detailing the requirements of registering your CCTV System. In the light of a recent court case, Durant versus FSA, requirements have changed.
The Information Commissioner has produced some additional guidance on CCTV systems under the DPA 1998. This guidance may be relevant to you and will help you to determine whether or not you need to notify in respect of your CCTV system.
Brief summary below...
" The UK has more public and private CCTV systems per person than anywhere else in the world. Because of this, it's an area in which we're taking a great deal of interest.
If you have a very basic CCTV system, its use may not be covered by the Data Protection Act. For example, if you're a small shopkeeper with a couple of cameras you can't move remotely which record whatever the system picks up and only give the recorded images to the police as a result of an incident in your shop, then you're not covered by the Act.
However, if your system is more advanced and allows you to zoom in on an individual member of staff whose behaviour is causing you concern, or you use CCTV cameras to monitor the movements and activities of your workforce, you'll need to inform us. You'll also need to let us know if you give the recorded images to anyone other than the police or a similar law enforcement agency.
The highly sophisticated CCTV systems used in large shops, railway stations, town centres and other places where large numbers of people gather are designed to focus on particular people or identify criminal activity. These types of CCTV systems and the images they produce are covered by the Act, but if a general scene is recorded without an incident occurring, the CCTV pictures are not covered.
In summary, if the image recorded is aimed at learning about a particular person's activities, then it's covered by the act"
All relevant information can be found on the web-site of The Information Commissioner - please click on the following link and follow the instructions below to find the appropriate web pages.
http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
In the left hand navigation of the home page click "Site A to Z
In "Site A to Z" click on the letter 'C'
Click on CCTV
You can contact The Information Commissioner's department directly on: 01625 545745.
For Registration or Notification information ring: 01625 545740.
