BCSC Releases CCTV Users Guide for Shopping Places
Story link: BCSC Releases CCTV Users Guide for Shopping Places by Jan Harris
Retail property organisation, BCSC, has released the CCTV Users Guide for Shopping Places, which features advice from the Home Office Scientific Development Branch, Prudential, Martin Taylor Associates and MACE.
The publication provides information to assist shopping centre and development/asset managers in purchasing or upgrading CCTV equipment for commercial premises.
The guide, which was compiled by [...]
RemGuard reports 16% increase in monitored CCTV
Story link: RemGuard reports 16% increase in monitored CCTV by Jan Harris
RemGuard Visual Management has reported a 16% increase in connections to its Remote Video Response Centre (RVRC).
The remotely-monitored, detector-activated CCTV system is BS8418-compliant and helps users deal with incidents as early as possible.
The company has recorded particularly strong demand from sites where other security systems have failed to provide an adequate deterrent, and which [...]
CCTV to support Traffic Management Act
Story link: CCTV to support Traffic Management Act by Jan Harris
CCTV cameras could be used across the UK to help enforce parking regulations, under the new Traffic Management Act.
The Act, which comes into force in April 2008, will introduce higher parking fines and will use CCTV to complement the work of traffic wardens.
Councils will be able to increase basic parking fines from £60 [...]
Greece rated top EU nation for privacy protection
Story link: Greece rated top EU nation for privacy protection by Lin Freestone
Greece has come out on top for privacy protection and respect for privacy in a survey conducted by Privacy International. The survey, which measured the extent of surveillance and privacy in the EU and the world, placed Greece at the top of the list of EU nations.
Privacy International’s survey scored on Constitutional and Statutory protections, [...]
Centralised networks from Bosch’s new management system
Story link: Centralised networks from Bosch’s new management system by Lin Freestone
Bosch Security Systems has launched a new management system which aims to provide centralised management and monitoring of video servers, cameras and iSCSI storage units on IP-based CCTV networks.
Called the Video Recording Manager, the system should make it easier to manage storage capacities by treating data logically or virtually, instead of at a physical level.
Bosch [...]