Fitting new PTZ

[Blake7]

Im due to fit my new PTZ to monitor the front of my house, but I need advice on how I stand with the PTZ's overspilling veiws onto neighbours property ... im sure the neigbours wont mind taking advantage of the camera for their own piece of mind but how do I stand leagally. The main purpose of the camera is to monitor my property and keep an eye on my families welfare but obviously the camera will have the ability to be moved into the feild of veiw outside my bounderies ...

Not sure how I stand if the camera did pick up my neighbour in their garden or even a member of public walking in the street, or maybe a member of the public breaking the law and being cought on camera ???

Im sure im not the only person in the country to be in this situation.

Some advice on how I stand leagally and some action I may need to take would be much appreciated ...

[pakatak]

Your camera should not cover any public heighway without CCTV in Operation signage, even then if complaints were made then the council could force you to take the camera down or make you prove that it cannot access public areas.

With regards to your neighbours, again they could complain and cause you problems but if you are on good terms with them then you should explain your plans and, like you said, they may be happy to have a bit of extra deterrent about.

Even with the CCTV covering your own land and property you should have signage in place that lets anyone coming onto the land know that they are being recorded by a CCTV system. Signage also acts as a good deterent anyway.

[Blake7]

Thanks for your reply ;o)

I have spoken to 3 of the 6 neighbours concerned and without hesitation said there was no problem what so ever with the camera looking at their property. Im sure there will be no problem with the other 3.

I can see their enthusiasm really when over the past few years we have had two cars smashed up by vandals, 1 pot of paint over a car, car wing mirrors being smashed off by the little sh*ts down the road, a burgalary, the local druggie hiding his stash in others gardens ( no wonder the police cant find anything when they raid his house ), sheds being broken into and a few other things ive proberly left off the list.

But all in all its a nice neighbourhood .... honest .... ;o)

So, if I add the signage can I then have my camera patrol the street outside my house ?

[pakatak]

Originally Posted by Blake7

So, if I add the signage can I then have my camera patrol the street outside my house ?

Not necessarily, without permission from the local council and/or police then you could still be forced to take down the camera if people object to it as an invasion of privacy in a public area.