Cctv

[cupotee2]

New CCTV cameras on the small complex I live on. A few nights ago a heavy wrought iron trough went missing from my front wall.

The manager says he can't see anything on the camera...as they are new cameras he admits to only now learning how to use them.

As its my premises and the camera is pointing directly towards my door would any one know if its my right to view the footage for the night concerned please.

[ivor4781]

private cctv does not come under the data protection act which you can ask to see a recording of and incident,so i dont think your landlord "must " give you access

[cupotee2]

He is not the landlord. We all own our property.

He works for a management company that is paid from our service charge.

[ivor4781]

if its a private cctv i.e. not public as in city streets.the same stands

[stuey]

It sounds to me, cupotee2, that you live in a condominium. If so, the management company is hired by the condominium corporation to handle the day to day routine affairs of the building, such as security. The members of the board of directors should have the power to view the tapes, so just approach one of them and see what the situation is.

[Buenchico]

Although CCTV systems set up by individual residents don't fall with the scope of the Data Protection Act, those set up my property management companies do.

However that might not help you because although you can demand to see any recordings that show yourself (just as you can in a supermarket, at a railway station or on a car park), that right isn't necessarily extended to recordings which simply show your property. It might be worth trying an approach under the DPA anyway but you might have to pay a fee. (There's a legal maximum of £10).

It would seem far simpler to approach your local Community Constable and ask him/her to request access to the recordings.

[Buenchico]

^^^Typo!

'my' = 'by'

[Peter Pedant]

It is not your data cupotee so you wouldnt have a right to it

( assuming it doesnt turn out that you were nicking your own property )

so I agree with BC - you would have to go thro the usual channels

This is a pretty good read but a lot will not apply to you
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/cctv/

[Davemano]

I would have thought that he would have been anxious for you to view, or did he see something which he wanted to keep to himself?

[tamborine]

As you pay for MService to protect your property, they have failed you. Threaten to deduct your loss from their charges unless you view the tape.

[Togo]

I reckon he saw a nice big wrought iron trough and thought. Mmmmm I'll have that away tonight.!*_*!

[stuey]

But if she lives in a condo, the tapes belong to the condo and residents. We can watch the CCTV network on a dedicated channel on our TV. But maybe your condo laws are different.

[Peter Pedant]

Quite a lot different stoo

if it only used for detection of crime it doesnt have to be registered - well OK THEY dont have to register it

she is not on it so it isnt her data so even if they admitted having a copy, she wouldnt be able to demand it

those are the main things and so it is necessary that she reports it as a crime ( so the police could ( haha ) demand it as part of their investigations )

[stuey]

Thanks, Peter: it sounds quite complicated.

[Peter Pedant]

pleasure stooey

here is a case I won earlier

https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2015/1043248/fs_50561958.pdf

I mean piffle innit ? the mgr should give cupotee the footage ....

OK cupotee - if you are getting on with the fella ( ha! ) why not say
the reason why you havent registered is detection of crime
You arent detecting crime coz you wont give me the footage
so there must be another reason
so you have to register it as you are now recording outside the Act.

give em hell ....