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Tags: privacy, information commissioner, data protection act, cctv
By Tim Ferguson
Published: Friday 3 August 2007
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articlesCCTV operators may soon be banned from recording people's voices if a new code of practice for the technology's use is approved.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a new set of guidelines for the use of CCTV, now open for public consultation.
The updated guidelines suggest CCTV must not be used to record conversations between members of the public as it is 'highly intrusive and unlikely to be justified'."