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Croydon Council privacy notices.
Croydon council respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.
Croydon council is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK data-protection supervisory authority. This means we are responsible for deciding what information to collect about you and how it is used.
This privacy notice explains what personal information we collect about you, how and why we use it, who we disclose it to, and how we protect it in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and other data protection laws.
CCTV captures visual images of persons of persons in or around our buildings and facilities, and public areas.
We will ensure that under our legal obligations your personal data is processed fairly and kept securely and for no longer than necessary in relation to the purposes for which the data was collected, as is listed in this notice.
Under data protection legislation, we are only allowed to use personal information if we have a proper reason or legal basis to do so. Croydon council considers the use of CCTV at our facilities and within the wider borough as a necessary tool for the purposes of maintaining the security of property and premises, to help prevent and investigate crime, to assist in the locating of vulnerable missing persons and to enhance the safety of staff and the public.
In all locations where our CCTV systems operate, prominent signs are displayed notifying you that CCTV is in operation and providing details of who to contact for further information about the scheme.
We have CCTV in and around the following locations:
To comply with the legal purposes specified in this notice, we may be required to share this data with certain organisations such as the police, emergency services and other law enforcement agencies (eg HM Customs and Excise) and other public bodies with regulatory functions (which also includes other services within the council).
CCTV images will not be released to the media or placed on the internet for entertainment or commercial purposes.
Images captured by CCTV will not be kept for longer than 31 days. On occasions, however, there may be a need to keep images and footage for longer eg where a crime is being investigated or it may become relevant to an investigation. In such cases, images will be retained for a long as necessary (eg until the conclusion of any criminal proceedings arising from the incident).
For additional information about our retention periods, please email david.eastoe@croydon.gov.uk
The processing of CCTV data is carried out in compliance with statutory authority and does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the GDPR.
Croydon Council will not use its CCTV for:
We comply with the 12 principles listed in the surveillance camera code of practice issued by the Home Office (which applies to local authorities and police forces in England and Wales) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/surveillance-camera-code-of-practice We also comply with In the picture: A data protection code of practice for surveillance cameras and personal information issued by the Information Commissioner's Office https://ico.org.uk/media/1542/cctv-code-of-practice.pdf.
You have the right to see CCTV images of yourself and be provided with a copy of the images. Make your request to information@croydon.gov.uk.
As CCTV footage is only generally kept for a very limited time, you should make your request without delay. You should provide as much information as possible about when and where the image or images were captured (that is, the specific date, time, location and by providing photographs or maps where possible.
Data protection law gives you a number of rights to control what personal information is used by us and how it is used by us. Additional information about your data rights is listed in the council’s privacy notice at www.croydon.gov.uk/privacy.
If you have any questions or concerns about the way we collect, store or use your personal information, contact in the first instance david.eastoe@croydon.gov.uk
For independent advice about data protection issues, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.
We reserve the right to amend this privacy notice at any time and will keep it under review. If we do make any changes, we will post the current version to our website at this address.
Last updated: May 2018
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