Without wanting to burst your bubble ..... There us not a lot you can do .... It's illegal to have a camera trained on a public area without a permit ...... Something you will find out really quickly if you decide to persue it ......
Someone reversed (slowly) in to me - what would you do?
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I'll have to look in to that teammenracing - the camera is on my own property, it's looking at my property and obviously happens to take in the surrounding environment.
I've already provided the police with CCTV footage of another incident not relating to my car in the past. Nobody said anything about the legality of having a camera pointed at my house.
Must check up on the laws specific to Northern Ireland!
I definitely won't be removing the camera.
I've already provided the police with CCTV footage of another incident not relating to my car in the past. Nobody said anything about the legality of having a camera pointed at my house.
Must check up on the laws specific to Northern Ireland!
I definitely won't be removing the camera.
"Users of small systems or home systems which contain less than 3 cameras, which are not remotely operated i.e. they cannot be moved left / right and zoomed from a controller away from the camera, and the information gathered is passed to no-one but the Police, have no requirement to register with the UK Information Commissioner (Data Protection Act 1998), nor place signs, keep tape records etc although placing signage can assist as a deterrent."
Still need to research this more...
Still need to research this more...
DPG said:
im guessing dashcams are not classed as static items ..... only commenting because I have cameras all around my house too .... and plod who lives across the street advised me to turn the street one on to my property only ... its not about who's property it is on apparently ..... its about filming joe public without their permission .....
Just had wee google and its all under the Data Protection Act ........
teamemmenracing said:
I have been told the same thing as i have camera's around my house (after i got burgled) and i presume a random passerby complained (as none of my neighbours did) and i got a visit from the plod who (understandably) told me i need them to be repositioned..... I tiled them down slightly but as they are wide angle still see the road :lol:
Basically you can film your property and surrounding with a fixed static camera but not public areas.
But you can just say you filmed it on you mobile after you heard noise outside... Problem solved!
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infact.. here's the EXACT bit that means your home surveillance cameras are perfectly fine:
Section 36 of the DPA states that personal data – including video footage of an individual – captured only for limited domestic purposes is not covered by the restrictions of the DPA.
The Information Commissioner’s Office is an independent authority which reports directly to the UK parliament. It works to promote the protection of private information and access to public information. The Information Commissioner’s Office Code of Practice on the use of CCTV states that the use of security cameras for “limited household purposes”, including protecting an individual’s home from burglary, is NOT covered by the DPA - even if the camera captures images of streets or other areas near the home.
Section 36 of the DPA states that personal data – including video footage of an individual – captured only for limited domestic purposes is not covered by the restrictions of the DPA.
The Information Commissioner’s Office is an independent authority which reports directly to the UK parliament. It works to promote the protection of private information and access to public information. The Information Commissioner’s Office Code of Practice on the use of CCTV states that the use of security cameras for “limited household purposes”, including protecting an individual’s home from burglary, is NOT covered by the DPA - even if the camera captures images of streets or other areas near the home.
Wellll ... I'm not exactly known as being the easiest going person ... but I am just amazed at the attitudes being expressed in this thread. Call the police? Hilarious. Why not call the electricity department at the same time (cf. Monty Python)? If there is NO damage to your car, just leave her alone. She probably wasn't even aware of it. Consider yourself lucky she is elderly and was driving so slowly. Not only that, I doubt you would find a single person on this planet who ... in the same situation ... would have left their details. Some might have gotten out their car ... checked for any damage ... and if they found something ... yes, sure -- but in the absence of damage, why would one leave a note? To look for trouble? To make people upset? To make people worry about something? It's absurd. In Paris, this is how people park everyday: it's called touch parking.
P.S. Some young girl drove into the back of my Z4 while I was driving it (in very slow traffic: she was not concentrating): it was a much bigger bang than what happened here ... we both pulled over ... I looked for damage ... couldn't see any (the bumpers did their job), took her details in case I found anything later, and that was it.
P.P.S. As for your complaints about her parking on the footpath, ... YOUR car looks like it is parked illegally (i.e. facing in the wrong direction, or on the wrong side of the road).
P.S. Some young girl drove into the back of my Z4 while I was driving it (in very slow traffic: she was not concentrating): it was a much bigger bang than what happened here ... we both pulled over ... I looked for damage ... couldn't see any (the bumpers did their job), took her details in case I found anything later, and that was it.
P.P.S. As for your complaints about her parking on the footpath, ... YOUR car looks like it is parked illegally (i.e. facing in the wrong direction, or on the wrong side of the road).
Krusty - my car is NOT parked illegally... those are parking bays for residents...I'm not going to give an explain that further, you're clearly looking an argument. Why be an ass? Need I remind you that I have done NOTHING WRONG here. I haven't called the police, and I won't be. I did mention to the lady that I saw her bump my car, and that is the end of that.
Also if you'd read through the rest of my posts, you'd find that someone DID in fact leave their details when they hit a previous car of mine. Not everyone is a scumbag who thinks they can get away with damaging other peoples property. I don't live in Paris, so your 'touch parking' point is irrelevant. People do things in different ways around the globe, I'm aware of that - again, you're just trying to start a fight.
Anyway, I would have taken your points on board, except you are just being a dick about this.
Also if you'd read through the rest of my posts, you'd find that someone DID in fact leave their details when they hit a previous car of mine. Not everyone is a scumbag who thinks they can get away with damaging other peoples property. I don't live in Paris, so your 'touch parking' point is irrelevant. People do things in different ways around the globe, I'm aware of that - again, you're just trying to start a fight.
Anyway, I would have taken your points on board, except you are just being a dick about this.
