Thanks to the wonders of surveillance cameras and face recognition software, Tesco will be showing adverts in its petrol stations that are aimed at you – yes, you, the young/middle-aged/elderly man/woman over there.
Schools across the UK are violating the privacy of pupils in secondary schools and academies by monitoring them with CCTV cameras, according to information published by Big Brother Watch
West Lothian schools have been given the green light to keep cameras that have been installed in school toilets and changing rooms and to install more cameras if needed to keep an eye on unruly students.
DCC Graeme Gerrard of Cheshire Constabulary has expressed his disappointment that the Protection of Freedoms Bill doesn’t do anything to regulate private CCTV.
The Protection of Freedoms Bill was very much the theme of the March 2011 Global MSC Security Conference, with many of the speakers left scratching their heads and wondering just what is the government trying to achieve with this piece of legislation.
The story that Britons are being watched by 1.85 million CCTV cameras instead of 4.2 million broke in the national news this morning.
In an exclusive report, released to CCTV Image magazine and SecurityNewsDesk.com first, DCC Graeme Gerrard reveals the results of new research which claims that the number of CCTV cameras in the UK is less than half what is commonly claimed in the mainstream press.
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