Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:20:25 UTC, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:


Some time ago a resident was find £2000, an offender who had committed an
knife assult on a person, police gained footage of the assult by the said
residents CCTV camera footage as it was verging over the residents property
boundry(public footpath...result was the offender was found guilty and his
lawyer then filed a lawsuit against the resident for illegal use of the
CCTV.


Key part is 'some time ago'. I think it was February 2004 that new
guidance came from the ICO. Essentially: if there are no more than two
cameras, they are not remotely steerable, the output is just taped, and
it's only used for police assistance, then it's fine.

Have a look at the laws relating to CCTV on the information
commissioners web site

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

it is an offense to use a camera in public places without cause etc. we
were warned at work as one of our roaming cameras look at our second
building (across a public rd) by the installation company. Having said
all that if anything happens on the estate the police borrow to the tape
to see who came on and off it via the road so they tend to be understanding.