CCTV operators licence.

silkyuk9

A friend of mine requires a little help, ive searched google but cant find a simple answer.

Ok, a friend works in a department store and thinks its odd that things have happened with viewing of some CCTV. Now I think its against the law to view or monitor or operate a CCTV system in a department store if you do not have a SIA CCTV operators licence, is this correct.

Basically, can a security guard go looking through CCTV footage, or operate the system if he does not have a CCTV licence (SIA)

scooby088

You do require a SIA licence to operate a cctv system, but I am unsure if a security guard can just go and look at footage.

Lovelyjoolz

As far as I am aware you don't need a licence to view CCTV footage. If I'm wrong, I'd love to know the legislation that specifies you must be qualified because my company and everyone else on this business park are breaking the law because we all love to have a good nosey at the night-time activies our cameras pickup!!

saintjammyswine

An SIA licence is required if you undertake the licensable activities of a public space surveillance (CCTV) operative and your services are supplied for the purposes of or in connection with any contract to a consumer.

http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/licensing-cctv.aspx

Lovelyjoolz

saintjammyswine wrote: »

An SIA licence is required if you undertake the licensable activities of a public space surveillance (CCTV) operative and your services are supplied for the purposes of or in connection with any contract to a consumer.

http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/licensing-cctv.aspx

Oh good. So as a private business, on private land, we can still watch the call girls' antics at breaktime

saintjammyswine

Dont know I'm afraid, just a copy & paste job!!

silkyuk9

saintjammyswine wrote: »

An SIA licence is required if you undertake the licensable activities of a public space surveillance (CCTV) operative and your services are supplied for the purposes of or in connection with any contract to a consumer.

http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/licensing-cctv.aspx

This is where I need a simple answer.

Can a SIA licenced security guard, who does not have a SIA CCTV operators licence, operate and view CCTV data? live and non live events such as viewing events happening in a store, then viewing the footage at a later date? Is there any Data protection law that says any individual in a public store must have a licence to operate and view footage.

saintjammyswine

There are two seperate qualification for security and CCTV operator but the SIA would be the best people to ask.

scooby088

I would imagine anyone could view the image as long as they aren't actually controlling the cameras.

For example a store manager more than likely isn't SIA registered but may view the cctv everyday, the police not SIA registered so they view footage quite regular too. So i guess you only need licensing to operate a cctv system.

LittleVoice

silkyuk9 wrote: »

A friend of mine requires a little help, ive searched google but cant find a simple answer.

Ok, a friend works in a department store and thinks its odd that things have happened with viewing of some CCTV. Now I think its against the law to view or monitor or operate a CCTV system in a department store if you do not have a SIA CCTV operators licence, is this correct.

Basically, can a security guard go looking through CCTV footage, or operate the system if he does not have a CCTV licence (SIA)

Have you searched this forum? I'm pretty sure there was something on this within the last year.

whitelabel

if they are an employee of the company they dont need one, if they are a contractor then they do
are you sure the sg doesnt also hold a cctv licence ? no need to display both and many hold multiple