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Detention services order 4/2017 about the use of surveillance camera systems including how data is managed and kept secure.
This collection brings together resources to help people comply with the surveillance camera code of practice and follow good practice and legal requirements.
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner has a statutory role to provide the surveillance camera industry with a current list of recommended standards.
The toolkit is a guide for the non-expert who is thinking about buying a surveillance camera system.
Find out how well your organisation complies with the principles of the surveillance camera code of practice.
An independent study warns that the plan to abolish biometrics and surveillance safeguards will leave the UK without oversight.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s role is to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice. BSCC is an independent monitoring body of the Home Office .
These case studies show how the 12 guiding principles in the surveillance camera code of practice can be met.
The role of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner is to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice.
An updated code was laid before Parliament on 16 November 2021 and came into effect on 12 January 2022.
Get help to classify electrical equipment such as communication equipment, cameras, and their parts and accessories.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner's annual report
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s annual reports to the Home Secretary.
Letter from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner to Jeremy Quin MP about the need for a review into public space surveillance.
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