Tell people that you are watching
Do you know who’s watching you? I’ve said in a previous blog that surveillance cameras are everywhere and they are – there’s no getting away from it. They help protect...
Full steam ahead on the strategy
Since my last blog about the National Surveillance Camera Strategy not much time has passed but quite a lot has happened. The working group that I have set up to drive the strategy forward has now met to discuss how …
What's your pressing need
Principle one of the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice talks about surveillance cameras being used for a legitimate aim to meet a pressing need. That means you need to have...
Right to privacy
CCTV is everywhere in the UK – up to 6 million CCTV cameras according to a British Security Industry Association report in 2013.
One focus, one vision, one strategy
Welcome to my brand new blog – I’m Tony Porter and this is my first ever blog post in my role as Surveillance Camera Commissioner, my first blog ever actually!