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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 .
This collection brings together resources to help people comply with the surveillance camera code of practice and follow good practice and legal requirements.
The role of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner is to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice.
How to book and make a secure video call with somebody in prison.
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s annual reports to the Home Secretary.
An updated code was laid before Parliament on 16 November 2021 and came into effect on 12 January 2022.
You have the right to see CCTV footage of yourself under the Data Protection Act.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner's annual report
Good practice and guidance for the police use of overt surveillance camera systems incorporating facial recognition technology to locate persons on a watchlist.
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), with the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI), is proud to support the installation of a CCTV camera which will improve public safety along Sandy Bay on the Exmouth coast.
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