FabSwingers.com forum: A spot of legal advice

By *litterbabe OP Woman
over a year ago

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Does anybody know, if there was a crime committed against you, and you reported it to the police, who then requested the CCTV camera footage, and managed to identify the person who committed the crime.

Do you have any right to know their name, or see the camera footage?

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By *etLikeMan
over a year ago

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Under GDPR (new data protection) any data, including camera footage, is able to be requested to be accessed by the person who is the subject. What you are not allowed to see, is anyone else’s data (faces in cctv) whilst you watch it. That would be breaking their protections

The place holding the data is regarded as the Data Controller and you have to make a request to them. This could be the police force or a supermarket.

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By *etLikeMan
over a year ago

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So you could see you. You would not be entitled to see the other person.

Obviously if it went to court (and there are other exceptions) then the “data” could be shown as evidence.

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By *litterbabe OP Woman
over a year ago

hiding from cock pics.

So if it was a commercial business, and the police have requested it, and received a copy, I also have to request a copy direct from the business, rather than them from the police in order to see it?

And they would have to pixelate the face of the person committing the crime even if I was the victim?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can only view cctv of yourself and nobody else. You have to fill a form in and it costs £10

Viewing anyone else breaches their personal data protection

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By *litterbabe OP Woman
over a year ago

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Thank you, and if I'm when it went to court is that the only time I would see the footage in full, and would the perpetrators name be revealed to me before then or not?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You may not see the footage in court. I’m not 100% sure but I think it’s the police cpr and lawyers that see it to decide whether to prosecute or show it to the offenders to get them to confess.

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By *etLikeMan
over a year ago

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"So if it was a commercial business, and the police have requested it, and received a copy, I also have to request a copy direct from the business, rather than them from the police in order to see it?

And they would have to pixelate the face of the person committing the crime even if I was the victim? "

The police might even have legal grounds to prevent you from seeing your own face or any of the footage until they are at a suitable point in their investigation. If you are a victim and you are also a witness, then you may (it could be suggested) make your witness statement differently after seeing footage.

"You can only view cctv of yourself and nobody else. You have to fill a form in and it costs £10

Viewing anyone else breaches their personal data protection "

No. Under GDPR, a data controller can only make a charge under certain circumstances. The data controller must now accept the cost of providing data to subjects of that data.

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