CCTV in rented flat?

unholyangel

MamaMoo wrote: »

If the council deny all knowledge, then your best bet would be to have a word with the police, or even ask the council to remove it as, like you say, it's a breach of whoever's placed it's tenancy.

If OP's council is anything like mine, they'll send a letter to all tenants saying whoever it belongs to, remove it and they'll be back on x date to check.

Happens all the time with caravans here. Not all the houses are council owned but the car park area belongs to them. The people will move their caravans for inspection date and a week later, they're back. Been going on for 5+ years and its the same every time. Theres even one caravan that doesnt belong to any resident here. Belongs to one of their mates and they keep it here.

liam8282

The_Pedant wrote: »

I would have thought that to be somewhat questionable. As the cameras were not for the personal use of the occupant wouldn't they fall outside of the DPA exclusion and therefore require signs up to state that recording was going on?

I would have thought the only exclusion to this is when filming for law enforcement purposes .... but on the face of it 'fixing cars as a sort of hobby' doesn't exactly sound like the a suitable reason.

It is true because I saw the cameras.

The friend I knew was told he wasn't allowed the cars in his garden or to work on cars either. They suspected he was running a business, but this all stemmed from the fallout with the neighbour.

It is missing the point of what I was writing anyway, there are exclusions and they could have been installed without having to put notices up or release information on why they have been installed.

unholyangel

DPA doesnt cover when they suspect a crime is being committed i think.

The covert surveillance activities of the law enforcement community are not covered here because they are governed by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 and Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act (RIPSA) 2000.

bosseyed

If its a camera thats been put up by a resident, theres always a remote possibility its tied in to some manner of illegal activity going on in one of the flats - drug dealing, whatever. Its not unheard of for cheeky drug monkeys to stick up a little CCTV camera on communal entrances etc which is then linked back to a TV in their premises enabling them to see whos coming and going and get early warning of any police raids etc.

Just a thought.

TRRER

your block sounds like a nightmare, why do you live there with 2 young children?

Flyboy152

It might surprise some people to learn that not everybody have the choice of where they live.

TRRER

whys that then?

Riversong

Maybe OP doesn't have anything to hide. Maybe she just doesn't want mr camera man knowing when she is out and the flat's empty incase HE is dodgy. Burglars would love that sort of power.

MamaMoo_2

TRRER wrote: »

whys that then?

Because if you get picky and choosy when the local authority are housing you, you can lose your priority.
I know around here you get given priority bids for two weeks (two buds a week) if you bid on the better houses, you're more likely to be outbid, so if you want success it's better to bid on the less desirable properties (eg high rise flats or flats in dodgy areas)
On the third week, if you haven't had any success, the council Match you with, and offer you, a property (a house/flat with the relevant number of bedrooms, anywhere within the area. Could be better than what you've previously bid on, or it could be much worse) if you refuse this offer, you basically get bumped down to the lowest priority and the council wash their hands of you, pretty much (waiting times for the lowest bandings around here are about 2.5-3 years)

halibut2209

TRRER wrote: »

whys that then?

What a pathetic moron