Camera placement, privacy notices and lawful use

Skills you'll practise

• Choose camera housings by IP and IK rating and explain what each rating covers
• Identify placements that capture neighbouring property or private spaces and propose re-aiming, masking or removal
• Check a sign and a site against the ICO's expectations for transparency, audio and assessment
• Choose between static masking, dynamic masking and export redaction for a privacy need
• Raise placement and privacy concerns with the client's decision-maker instead of deciding them alone

Course outline

1. 1.Camera placement, privacy notices and lawful useVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Placement and the environmentLesson · 18 min
3. 3.Privacy: coverage, notices, audio and assessmentLesson · 24 min
4. 4.Masking, redaction and requestsLesson · 18 min
5. 5.Camera placement, privacy notices and lawful use: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 20 questions
6. 6.Final exam10 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• UK ICO: Video surveillance guidance, how to comply with the data protection principles (signs, audio off by default, retention, masking, DPIA) (UK example)
• UK ICO: Checklist for limited CCTV systems (UK example)
• European Data Protection Board: Guidelines 3/2019 on processing of personal data through video devices (layered signs, storage periods) (EU example)
• UK Home Office: Surveillance Camera Code of Practice (12 guiding principles) (UK example)
• Axis Communications white paper: Privacy in surveillance (static and dynamic masking, redaction, the owner's responsibility)
• Axis Communications white paper: IR in surveillance (day-and-night cameras, IR-cut filter, 850 nm and 940 nm, thermal versus IR, IR-corrected lenses)
• IEC 60529 IP code summary (IP6x dust-tight; IPx6 powerful jets; IPx7 immersion; ratings not cumulative beyond IPx6)
• IEC 62262 IK code summary (IK08 5 J, IK09 10 J, IK10 20 J)