cctv query

r1dcase

please move if i posted in wrong forum.X

i have a cctv camera up for 2 years now,stickers on windows and its easy to see from outside where it is.The house next door is burned out and the owners dead for years now.A relative of theirs has claimed that we have the camera pointed at their dead empty families property.They dont hold the title deeds and the house has no gas/water or electricity.I have seen a lot of coming and going from the house and a couple of the visitors have went into the shared close to pee,my camera has been moved to include the close stairs now as a deterant.what are my legal requirements,do i have the right for my camera to overlook part of the garden of an empty house that nobody legaly has thier name on the deeds.thank you

jonesMUFCforever

The empty property WILL belong to somebody.
You don't have to have actual deeds these days just a property reference from the Land Registry.

Your local council or a local community beat officer could advise you regarding the positioning of the camera.

Perhaps they are up to no good in this burnt out property so be careful.

Frozen_up_north

Monitoring, or recording, CCTV images outside the boundary of your property requires that you either blank out those areas, or register the system with the information commissioner's office and erect signs that recording is taking place. It's a legal minefield, the bottom line is don't position your cameras such that members of the public outside your boundaries are monitored.

unholyangel

The only thing that matters with relation to the neighbours property is that you don't own it.

As above, if you capture anything beyond your own boundary (even the street which is a public place), you need to be registered with the ICO, have signs up telling them you're recording (and details of the data controller to contact if they want to object/make a subject access request).

Even if you register, your neighbour can object to processing and take legal action for infringing on their right of quiet enjoyment to the property. If you are recording audio at all, you will likely have your !!! chewed since its only permissible in a handful of circumstances (such as when being interviewed under caution by the police).

In short, it will be less of a headache if you only record on your own property and dont record a neighbours property or communal space.

r1dcase

thank you all my camera has been secured down aimed at my garden only and tape applied to obscure any outside or neighbours area.thank you a bunch for this.XX