Legality of Providing CCTV footage for Parking Fines Under Data Protection Act

karoloydi

In cases where CCTV is used as evidence, I was thinking that there should be strict controls of how the CCTV system operates according to the data protection act.
First of all, does an SIA CCTV licenced person need to operate the equipment?
Second, as far as I know, when applying for CCTV licence they need to provide the scope that the CCTV is going to be used for. For example if it is only for safety, then they can't review CCTV footage for loss prevention.
Third, is how the evidence is stored and moved. For example, if my private data is emailed on an email that many people unrelated to the case have access to, this is in breach of the data protection act.

So, in case of a court appeal, this would be a good option to go through.

Marktheshark

The parking industry often use a simple IP wireless camera system linked to a server via a router.
The analytics's take place at the server end
Amazed, totally amazed they have not been hacked long ago.

Coupon-mad

The PPCs have to register with the ICO and adhere to rules about storage and use of the data. That argument won't go far.

Not sure what you mean by 'Court Appeal'. Do you mean a small claims court defence against a private parking company - that argument would NOT win. Other arguments could (see post #5 of the NEWBIES thread).

If you mean a Council Adjudication re a real PCN, then that's not Court.

bazster

It's not CCTV, it's just cameras that take stills of number plates with a bit of software to "read" the number so they can make a DVLA enquiry.