News & Help Guides

How AI is improving CCTV

News from the world of surveillance shows that new developments in AI will be helping people make sense out of shaky camera footage and unclear CCTV. As AI becomes more and more advanced, people are …

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CCTV Plans Scrapped Amid Fears of Community Tensions

A so-called ‘millionaires’ estate’ in Sutton Coldfield has had plans to install gates and CCTV scrapped, over concerns it would divide the community. Gates and cameras had been proposed at three entrances to Little Aston …

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4 Principles of GDPR and CCTV

If you are working in a place such as a museum, performance venue, gallery or any building that has CCTV in operation, it is important to make sure that any notices are the correct size. …

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Dummy spy camera in cul-de-sac used for hospital drop-offs

A fake CCTV camera has been removed from a cul-de-sac near Hereford County Hospital. The phoney camera was accompanied by several signs portraying themselves as official and legal signage from the council, but Herefordshire Council …

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Holiday advertisement or privacy violation?

A tourist has expressed outrage for the supposed violation of privacy on a beach in Cornwall. There are several webcams overlooking Porthmeor Beach in St Ives. For the most part, the visiting public were unaware …

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Van thefts increase in West Yorkshire

Concerns have been raised after thefts of vans in West Yorkshire more than doubled in the space of a single year. Figures released under a Freedom of Information request showed that 91 vans were stolen …

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CCTV to be installed three years early on the Central Line

CCTV is to be installed three years early on London’s Central Line, after shocking statistics revealed more reported sexual assaults than any other track. CCTV had been scheduled for installation in 2023, but the London …

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Lip-reading CCTV will have people ‘cupping hands over their mouths’ in street

According to Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, CCTV is advancing to such a point that cameras capable of lip-reading could be used on city streets. He says that people will have to cover their …

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