CCTV in the work place
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As you're an employee, I expect any internal policies/employee handbook/contract would mean that GDPR isn't applicable?
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I did some work in a cash processing center and they have a 4k camera looking down then another camera facing them all during an 8HR shift! Big brother 
I had read somewhere that the cameras can only be used for the purpose they were setup for, so a company could be liable if they used cctv footage as evidence in court for a reason outside of their purpose. How would anyone know what they are meant for if there is no policy?
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GDPR is always applicable. A company still has to follow the rules of GDPR regarding it's employees.
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We're only a company of 7 and we have a CCTV policy in our employee handbook. Only reason we have CCTV is for security, but as we're small/the office is one big open space it also covers the whole work area.
We use Nest so physically can't store anything older than 10 days as well unless we save specific clips which we never have/would unless it was of a theft etc.
We use Nest so physically can't store anything older than 10 days as well unless we save specific clips which we never have/would unless it was of a theft etc.
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Your workplace is required to have a CCTV policy in place.
The policy needs to give justification, explain where data is stored, for how long and what security is in place.
That's just the basics.
Are all camera's visible? Do you workplace have covert monitoring? Are there clear signs stating the use of CCTV?
The policy needs to give justification, explain where data is stored, for how long and what security is in place.
That's just the basics.
Are all camera's visible? Do you workplace have covert monitoring? Are there clear signs stating the use of CCTV?
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You can put CCTV up but you might pea off your workers. You certainly would need to go through all the policies and change accordingly. You will also need signs up saying that there is live cctv in action.
Is it to spy on the works or to protect something like a vault or the premises ? What's the reasons for it?
Is it to spy on the works or to protect something like a vault or the premises ? What's the reasons for it?
It can only be for security. They can't use it to spy on workers.
Footage can be used and handed to police if someone does something illegal (like stealing). But they can't use it to discipline someone who simply breaks company policy. If someone is browsing porn all day and you set up a camera to look over their shoulder, the company will end up being sued by the worker.
Footage can be used and handed to police if someone does something illegal (like stealing). But they can't use it to discipline someone who simply breaks company policy. If someone is browsing porn all day and you set up a camera to look over their shoulder, the company will end up being sued by the worker.
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That's why I asked before jumping to conclusions. Op might be using it for security so thought I would ask first.
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I hope they are going to tell the staff that cameras are recording.
.. and again I hope the staff know about the cameras.
I'm not the employer, I am an employee with the companies interest in mind. A new CCTV system has been set up. There was already an existing CCTV setup but this is in a different area, on a different circuit and for a different purpose. The new CCTV purpose has been posted to a few staff (about 2% of the people who will be filmed) in an email but I cant see an ambigious email being being an official document. I'm trying to get a policy written up or find an existing one but no one seems to know if this is a legal requirement and I have spent hours looking at the Data Protection Act looking for something to show the employer so they get their act together. All I have been able to find is that people being filmed have a right to know the purpose, but nothing about how that purpose is to be relayed. Within weeks of the CCTV switch on there was an incident that resulted in a threating email being sent out informing a few people, stating that if no one owned up then the CCTV would be used to find out, as you can guess this was not the purpose the CCTV was setup for (According to the email). Now if legal proceding ever came up, which I'm 99.9% sure would never happend, you can guess how it would end up.
I am infavor of the system but I'd like it to be for an additional purpose of watching customers (namely other departments) attitudes towards the staff, which I would think would come under staff safety.
I am infavor of the system but I'd like it to be for an additional purpose of watching customers (namely other departments) attitudes towards the staff, which I would think would come under staff safety.
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Sounds like OP is upto no good, and worried about being caught, or smokes far too much weed and is extremely paranoid, can not say I have ever had any concerns over cctv where I work, I mean why would you? Unless you are doing something you shouldn't be
