Cctv On My Neighbours House.

[sapelesam]

My neighbour, a serving police officer, has installed CCTV on his home. One camera is pointing straight at my front door. Nobody can visit my home without being filmed. I consider this an invasion of my privacy. Before I speak to him, he's not the most gracious person, I need to know where I stand in asking him to angle the camera away from my home.

[Buenchico]

PP: There used to be a direct reference to the test case I've referred to above on the ICO's website but, since that site got merged into the Gov.uk setup, it's (annoyingly) no longer there.

However while (unsuccessfully) searching for it, I came across a more recent case in the Scottish courts which appears to take an opposing view:
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=ecb629a7-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7
However it's not clear whether that sets a precedent which could be used in English courts.

With the ever-increasing usage of cameras which clearly aren't covered by the Data Protection Act (such as dash-cams, helmet-cams, body-cams and mobile phone cameras), those provisions of the DPA which deal with CCTV seem to be becoming increasingly redundant anyway.

[ducksie]

Thanks hc, I'm only looking back on this now - she said it was about 50m away - I thought that was terrible to have it flying over her garden and the noise of it she said was like a swarm of bees

[trt]

I am 100% for CCTV.

Last week on bbc tv, ''The Met: Policing London'', a man wearing a silly mask, was followed from Hyde Park, by cctv where there had been about a thousand young people, drunk and drugged up had been fighting, and shouting, black people matter.

He stabbed 2 people with a very large knife, one seriously, and was followed to Marble Arch, a bar, then took his mask off, showing his face.
He was known to the police, and arrested the next day, thanks to cctv.

[Smowball]

Am sure I've missed it but why is his camera pointed directly at your front door??

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think you've missed it, sapele hasn't spoken to him to ask.

I would ask in a friendly way if it had bet set up wrong, but overall it wouldn't bother me.

(I can sneak the lover in via the balcony;-))

[Mamyalynne]

^ if it had been set up.....

[Barsel]

You still seeing Romeo then Mamya? x

[Mamyalynne]

Now and then.

[gness]

How d'ya find an agile lover at our age, Mamya?.... :-(

[Mamyalynne]

Just a knack I have.................hang on OUR age??!!

[sunny-dave]

Now that's what I call a balcony ...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c8/37/cd/c837cd8a9d4d523c5258d1731cedfe7f.jpg

[Mamyalynne]

Ha!

[gness]

Wow!...I think that trumps elbows, Dave!!!... :-)

[Peter Pedant]

this blog is quite useful

http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/2014/12/what-does-the-ecj-ryne%C5%A1-ruling-mean-for-the-domestic-purpose-exemption.html

the Rynes judgement says that CCTV which goes crosses the borders of the property IS covered by the DPA ( I did do a double take on that)

so to kick off I would park your car (in the manner of the word - sorry noel coward play) and then ask him for a copy...
and take it from there