Security
Don’t fall foul of the data protection law covering CCTV warns ESP
Martyn Walley, Group Technical Manager with Scolmore, looks at the implications of the new data protection act for those organisations that use CCTV systems to protect their premises, and offers advice on how businesses can ensure they are acting compliantly.
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he issues surrounding GDPR have been well documented before and aſter the run up to May this year when
the implementation of this new legislation took place, but how many in the industry are aware of the implications for operators of CCTV systems? Under the new regulations, every organisation or sole trader (excluding private domestic users) that processes personal information is required to pay a data protection fee to the ICO (Information Commissions Office), unless they are exempt – and this also includes CCTV.
When is CCTV covered by the General Data Protection Regulation? Most uses of CCTV will be covered by GDPR. The data protection regulation gives you the right to see information held about you, including CCTV images of you, or images which give away information about you (such as your car number plate). It also sets rules that CCTV operators must follow when they gather, store and release CCTV images of individuals, and the Information Commissioner can enforce these rules.
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