“Walk down any high street in Britain today and you will instantly be under surveillance. All around you, lampposts and shopfronts bristle with CCTV cameras, many of them privately operated and unregulated. They are watching you in case you are bent on shoplifting or engaging in violent disorder.”
The Times, 6th Febraury 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Closed-circuit television (CCTV) system operators would need exceptional justification for recording sound as well as video, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The law needs to be updated to regulate the growing number of household CCTV cameras, a human rights group has said.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Eight images out of ten supplied to the police from closed-circuit television do not help to identify criminals, according to a Home Office report published yesterday.”
The Times, 20th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two young women who flashed their breasts in front of a CCTV camera have had a court case against them dropped.”
BBC News, 24th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Closed circuit television (CCTV) must not be used to record conversations, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned. The Commissioner has proposed a new Code of Practice on the use of CCTV.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Information Commissioner’s Office says it has not seen evidence which suggests that most CCTV systems are breaching its own code of practice.”
BBC News, 31st May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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