Cameras pointing towards driveway and roadside

bod1467

Which still doesn't answer why you have to be so far out, before you turn onto your drive, that people have space to pass you on the left. Seriously?

shaynemawer

Ha sorry, I'll try explain. We have our front garden fully stoned so we can park both our cars on it. We only have the one part that is a dropped kurb, the other is a rather high kurb. My partner pulls on straight against the fence and I have to sometimes pull out slightly to swing back and park my car at an angle to the house.

tanith

One of my pet hates is people who reverse off their driveways, its dangerous and so unnecessary sorry but I think its just laziness, how hard is it to pull in past the drive and then reverse in? We always reverse into our drive even though its sometimes really busy as we are near to a large school so much safer than reversing into the traffic.

neilmcl

Be aware the rules for household CCTV systems have changed. If your camera coverage goes, even partially, beyond your boundary then you will be subject to the DPA. You should read this https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/cctv/

EdGasket

neilmcl wrote: »

Be aware the rules for household CCTV systems have changed. If your camera coverage goes, even partially, beyond your boundary then you will be subject to the DPA. You should read this https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/cctv/

In practice how is anyone going to know if your camera is recording the footpath or a few inches of the neighbours garden or not? Another piece of mindless bureaucracy.

Also it looks as though all 'dash cams' would also fall under the DPA according to that site.

Strider590

EdGasket wrote: »

In practice how is anyone going to know if your camera is recording the footpath or a few inches of the neighbours garden or not? Another piece of mindless bureaucracy.

Also it looks as though all 'dash cams' would also fall under the DPA according to that site.

The rules seem to be CCTV specific, a dashcam falls under the title of photography, in which anyone can legally photograph anyone (or anything) else from any public area. Your dashcam is effectively just a camera in a very large protective case in a public area.

orionmoo

Pretty sure the DPA applies to business, not individuals.

You have no right to privacy in public, so photography, dash cams, personal home surveillance... anything that records anything you'd normally see from your own property or from public land would be fine, so long as it's not deemed to be causing harrassment, alarm of distress.

If you operate a business from your home then I think then DPA comes into play and it'd be a different matter. Wouldn't quote me on DPA though lol.

Edit:

I looked it up:

36 Domestic purposes.

Personal data processed by an individual only for the purposes of that individual’s personal, family or household affairs (including recreational purposes) are exempt from the data protection principles and the provisions of Parts II and III.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/section/36

neilmcl

orionmoo wrote: »

Pretty sure the DPA applies to business, not individuals.

You have no right to privacy in public, so photography, dash cams, personal home surveillance... anything that records anything you'd normally see from your own property or from public land would be fine, so long as it's not deemed to be causing harrassment, alarm of distress.

If you operate a business from your home then I think then DPA comes into play and it'd be a different matter. Wouldn't quote me on DPA though lol.

Edit:

I looked it up:

36 Domestic purposes.

Personal data processed by an individual only for the purposes of that individual’s personal, family or household affairs (including recreational purposes) are exempt from the data protection principles and the provisions of Parts II and III.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/section/36

The exemption has now disappeared, hence my post. Read the link I posted.

Strider590

neilmcl wrote: »

The exemption has now disappeared, hence my post. Read the link I posted.

Yep, to put it simply, if the camera overlooks other property then the DPA does apply, even for domestic use.

jimjames

Strider590 wrote: »

Unfortunately their insurance company would call rear end collision and your insurance company wouldn't even try to fight it.

Even though the highway code says you shouldn't reverse from a minor road onto a major one?

Would your advice still apply if I reverse onto a main road from a smaller one?