CCTV Code Of Practice Comes Into Force

A new code of practice for the use of surveillance cameras in England and Wales has come into force.

The new rules - introduced by the Home Office - state that CCTV cameras should be used to protect and support people, not to spy on them.

The code states that: "The purpose … will be to ensure that individuals and wider communities have confidence that surveillance cameras are deployed to protect and support them, rather than spy on them.

"The Government considers that wherever overt surveillance in public places is in pursuit of a legitimate aim and meets a pressing need, any such surveillance should be characterised as surveillance by consent."

But campaigners say the code does not go far enough in ensuring CCTV systems are not misused.

Despite fears over CCTV seeming quite antiquated in the age of alleged state hacking of emails, Emma Carr, from civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, said it remains a vital issue.

"We're getting an increasing amount of phone calls and letters from people who are concerned about their neighbours putting up CCTV cameras in their gardens, which cover their own private areas and sometimes look into their houses," she told Sky News.

"And then there's also the technological development in terms of CCTV. Facial recognition and HD CCTV cameras. These are all available online to pretty much anybody."

Britain's first town centre CCTV system was installed in King's Lynn in 1987.

Since that time the use of CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) in England and Wales has grown rapidly.

Some 51,600 CCTV cameras are controlled by local authorities, while 2,107 schools operate a further 47,806 cameras.

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