The strict definition of redaction applies to editing of text either by omission of certain details for publication. Recorded interviews are usually transcribed. In the transcription sensitive information is blanked out, usually indicated by a black mark on the page. A transcript of an audio recording is a written record of what was said during… Read More: What is audio redaction? »
In this article we will explain the factors that need to be taken into account when there is a need to either pixelate CCTV or blur out faces. We explain what affects the amount of labour required to complete the work for different types of video evidence. We will also discuss automated CCTV pixelating services… Read More: How long does it take to pixelate CCTV? »
Body Worn Video aka BWV cameras have been deployed in police forces and other agencies across the world. The evidence they record is often very helpful in establishing exactly what happened during an incident. BWV cameras record the time and date in vision – this information needs to be accurate. Most digital video cameras embed… Read More: Tech Post: Body Worn Video Camera – Metadata Time Offset »
We are all Data Subjects in one way or another. Any digital record held within the EU which is about you, makes you a Data Subject. Whether its a health record, voting record, the booking system of a hotel, or CCTV footage/recordings of you, you are still the Data Subject. When details about you are… Read More: GDPR CCTV – What is a Data Subject? »
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires data from digital CCTV systems should be protected taking into account the risk, cost, benefit and state of the technology. When you disclose CCTV either directly to a data subject in response to a Subject Access Request or when sending CCTV footage to a Data Processor such as ourselves… Read More: How to encrypt digital CCTV files for compliance with GDPR »
If you read the specification sheet for any modern CCTV Digital Video Recorder (DVR) you’ll see one of the headline figures is the number of frames per second (FPS) the system is capable of recording. It’s not unusual to see 200FPS being stated. When you consider that standard television is broadcast at 25FPS then it… Read More: Video Forensics – CCTV frame rates explained »
We process video evidence for the legal profession and other investigation agencies. Detailed below is a brief outline of a case we worked on some years ago. CCTV Violent Street Brawl A number of persons were involved in an incident in the street. Several CCTV cameras recorded the activity prior to and after the police… Read More: Video Forensics – Case study from our archive »
A CCTV Subject Access Request can be made to any organisation operating a commercial video surveillance system. If you operate a CCTV system in the UK then you should be aware that your Data Controller should know what to do when a request is made. You should also know how the Data Protection Act applies… Read More: CCTV Subject Access Request Information »
The quality of CCTV evidence varies considerably. Poor quality video evidence cannot be relied upon in Court. Sometimes we can show that better quality evidence should exist.