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CCTV Privacy issue

  • 20-12-2015 2:00pm
    #1
    kbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭


    Just wanted to get opinion on this.
    Basically, I was working in an office yesterday (I do a little IT now and again ) and I discovered that the cctv in use in this office (the staff know it's there and are fine with it) is also recording audio (this they do not know).
    Every conversation in this office is being recorded and stored.
    Do the staff have a right to know about this and is their boss breaching any laws regarding privacy?


Comments

  • #2
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #3
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,768 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    As above poster said. On the one hand, work T&Cs can include broad provisions about monitoring but on the other there has been employment case law that stays this has to be clearly known to workers and there is a reasonable expectation of privacy where it is not disproportate, eg private phone calls.


  • #4
    kbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭kbell


    It's just a small local business, in this office there would usually be 2 staff, sometimes 3, just answering phones and arranging work for the other employees.


  • #5
    harr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,493 ✭✭✭harr


    I could imagine that staff would have to be told about audio ,there are fairly strict guidelines on the use of cctv and staff have to be aware of where cameras are...covert cameras are not allowed,so I doubt people's private conversations being recorded is legal...op how are you aware of audio being recorded,very few Standard cctv systems would be capable of recording audio...it would definitely need to be in the staffs contract and in the company's handbook ...


  • #6
    kbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭kbell


    Yesterday I had access to the cctv system for network issues.
    I'm familiar with most cctv setups.
    The guy also asked me to check a couple of his dome cameras, that's when I discovered they were the audio recording type.
    Recording audio was also enabled on his dvr.


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  • #7
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #8
    harr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,493 ✭✭✭harr


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.
    Defo would need additional microphones to get anything decent ,as you said maybe it was enabled by default ,might be an idea to say it to him in case he is unaware its enabled...he won't be able to use any recording for any purpose anyway as staff are unaware of it,plus it could land him in hot water.
    Even for normal cctv in a work place it was to be justified and has to be used for security purposes.


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