Privacy Policy

CCTV Closed Circuit Television

To ensure that you’re confident that we’re using CCTV and other similar devices responsibly we’ve noted our obligations below. “CCTV” relates to Closed Circuit Television.

Before installing the CCTV we carried out a privacy impact assessment to ensure we were balancing our need for CCTV with the impact on your privacy.

We have installed CCTV to:

(a) prevent and detect crimes;

(b) identify, apprehend and prosecute offenders;

(c) dealing with any queries, complaints or enquiries;

(d) ensure the security of our and your property and that of our clients and contractors;

(e) ensure that our policies and procedures are being adhered to;

(f) to assist in any investigations or any disciplinary or grievance issue;

(g) monitor the safety and security of our premises;

(h) monitor adherence to health and safety provisions and policies.

As well as being the purposes for which we use your personal information, all of the above are also legitimate reasons for us to use and store personal data. Images captured by CCTV may be monitored and recorded and kept for up to thirty days after the recording was made. After this time to recording stored on the hard drive of our CCTV system will usually be overwritten.

Any information captured by CCTV will be viewed in a restricted area and only by the DPO and any authorised people. All CCTV is maintained and overseen by our DPO. They are responsible for carrying out compliance audits and reviewing the need for CCTV.

Where we capture your personal data using CCTV we will let you know by using appropriate signage.

You have the right to view any personal data recorded by our CCTV, this will depend on other personal data of anyone else on the recordings which it may not be possible to redact.

It is a criminal offence to misuse CCTV. All data captured via CCTV will be treated per this policy.