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Data protection and CCTV images

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Published on: 11 March 2013

Published by a LexisNexis Corporate Crime expert

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Original news
How does the practice of publishing images of suspects online sit with the Data Protection Act 1998?
What about the human rights of the suspect?
Does this increase the risk of vigilantism?
What if the person is innocent? Do they have any comeback?
Is this just a modern version of the old ‘Wanted!’ posters?

Article summary

Crime analysis: What legal implications could apply in relation to Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police’s ever expending database of images gathered from CCTV footage, mobile phones and social media? Tom Morrison, a partner at Rollits specialising in data protection, considers the data protection issues raised by the database.

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