Another case study. The explanation speaks for itself. But here are some questions for my clever readers. If the camera is showing a blank screen when it is moving over the private property, can I get any CCTV camera pointed at my private property similarly adjusted?<\/p>\n
I received a complaint concerning one of the CCTV cameras on the Luas line which the
\ncomplainant stated completely overlooked his back garden, giving rise to the feeling that
\nthe family were under constant surveillance and were unable to enjoy their private
\nproperty because of the presence of the camera. <\/p>\nConnex, the Luas operators, acknowledged that the
\ncamera could indeed monitor parts of the
\ncomplainant\u2019s back garden. My Office indicated that
\nthe rules of data protection require that personal
\ndata recorded must be relevant and not excessive for
\nthe purposes for which it is obtained. In relation to
\nCCTV cameras, this means that the camera must be
\npositioned so that it cannot capture non-relevant
\nimages in its vicinity. <\/p>\nConnex informed this Office that their policy in
\nrelation to CCTV was that cameras are to be used to
\nmonitor public areas and should not be used to
\nmonitor private areas. They agreed that the camera
\nin question could monitor sections of the
\ncomplainant\u2019s back garden. The Commissioner
\ntherefore directed that Connex immediately take the
\nnecessary steps to rectify the matter so that the
\ncamera\u2019s range makes it impossible to enable
\nmonitoring – albeit inadvertent – of the
\ncomplainant\u2019s private property. <\/p>\nConnex then modified the system so that the
\ncamera \/monitor was now showing a black screen
\nwhen moving over the private property in its range.
\nThey also said that these settings cannot be changed
\nby the personnel who are using the cameras and
\nmonitors in the Central Control Room of Connex.<\/p>\nI was satisfied that this solution resolved the issue
\nand that Connex were now aware of and fulfilling
\ntheir obligations and responsibilities under the Data
\nProtection Acts. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another case study. The explanation speaks for itself. But here are some questions for my clever readers. If the camera is showing a blank screen when it is moving over the private property, can I get any CCTV camera pointed at my private property similarly adjusted? I received a complaint concerning one of the CCTV cameras on the Luas line which the complainant stated completely overlooked his back garden, giving rise to the feeling that the family were under constant surveillance and were unable to enjoy their private property because of the presence of the camera. Connex, the Luas operators, acknowledged that the camera could indeed monitor parts of the complainant\u2019s back garden. My Office indicated that the rules of data protection require that personal data recorded must be relevant and not excessive for the purposes for which it is obtained. In relation to CCTV cameras, this means that the camera must be positioned so that it cannot capture non-relevant images in its vicinity. Connex informed this Office that their policy in relation to CCTV was that cameras are to be used to monitor public areas and should not be used to monitor private areas. They agreed that the camera in question could monitor sections of the complainant\u2019s back garden. The Commissioner therefore directed that Connex immediately take the necessary steps to rectify the matter so that the camera\u2019s range makes it impossible to enable monitoring – albeit inadvertent – of the complainant\u2019s private property. Connex then modified the system so that the camera \/monitor was now showing a black screen when moving over the private property in its range. They also said that these settings cannot be changed by the personnel who are using the cameras and monitors in the Central Control Room of Connex. I was satisfied that this solution resolved the issue and that Connex were now aware of and fulfilling their obligations and responsibilities under the Data Protection Acts.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[92,91,90,19,93],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-annual-report","tag-data-protection","tag-dpa","tag-ireland","tag-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuppenceworth.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}