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Can the cameras be used to look into offices and homes of surrounding buildings?

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Can the cameras be used to look into offices and homes of surrounding buildings?

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The Council does not install privacy zones as a matter of course but will do so on receipt of a written request from a member of the public and where the privacy zone will not interfere with any on-going Community Protection or Metropolitan Police operations. ‘Privacy Zones’ are blacked out grids that appear in the CCTV image if a camera passes over the window of an office or private residence. This makes it impossible for our CCTV Operators to look into windows of offices and homes in surrounding buildings. Our Operators are instructed not to look into private areas as part of their initial and on-going training; they are fully aware of their duty of care obligations to the public under the Data Protection Act. Furthermore, their every action is recorded onto the camera footage and disciplinary action would be taken against any individual attempting to do so.

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