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Old 03-02-2009, 22:01   #10
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Re: Webcams

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Originally Posted by mattylad View Post
...the putting of the images on the web may well be unless the camera owner is registered with the information commissioner.
For what it's worth! I queried the implications of setting up the Great Harwood Webcam with regards to privacy rights. 11 months later, I got my first response from the information commissioner's office.


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Originally Posted by mattylad View Post
It's one thing to have cameras for personal security & to only show the images to the police services, it's another completely if you reshow them on the web to the public.
The Great Harwood webcam doesn't record - I thought it would avoid any privacy problems. Since it was installed, both the police and the press have been in touch to find out if they can get saved video to help with two separate incidents.

(As it happens, in both cases there would not have been anything they could use even if it did record.)
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