Final Draft of CCTV Data Protection Code of Practice

Latest news re DPA and use of CCTV...one to be noted!

Public consultation on the revised CCTV Code of Practice

The current CCTV data protection Code of Practice was published by the ICO in 2000.

Since then we have:

• learnt a lot about CCTV and how the existing code is used;
• witnessed advances in CCTV technology; and
• seen new legal developments, including the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which have impacted on the use of CCTV.

The current code has been revised to take these developments into account and make sure it still provides up-to-date practical guidance.

We are holding a public consultation on the revised code as we want to get those who are involved in, or are affected by the use of CCTV to have the opportunity to comment on the revised code.

So you can make your views known we have included a comments sheet which you should fill in and return it to the Data Protection Development Officer. We can then consider your comments before the final revised version is published later in the year.

The closing date for comments is 31 October 2007.

The final draft can be found here

Source: ICO