Cameras in Mc Donalds toilets Yes Or No.

jimmynokia · 09-05-2012 04:24PM #1

On a recent trip to Mc Donalds in Arklow This is whats to be found in the cubicles in the toilets.

Now personally i find this wrong and the thoughts of peoples kids etc going to use the toilet,and having cameras in the cubicles.

Anyhow over the past few days ive been doing some investigating and to my surprise Mc donalds have came up with the most inane excuses ever.
Albeit there does be some antics going on mainly in dublin is there justification for it to be there.

The store manager said it was pointing at the sink which it clearly is not,you can see the mechanism through the dome lense,these cameras also have the ability to pan,and turn up to 360 degrees.

Mc donalds corp have also replied and said its a sprinkler,which it clearly is not,and they also state its within guidlines and they cant tell from the photograph as to if its a sprinkler or a camera.

Whats your thoughts on this people?

Here is the data protection act regarding CCTV.
http://t.co/ohpzIxnC

This is on behalf of a friend of mine.

shopaholic01 · 09-05-2012 04:28PM

Food is pretty **** too.

biko · 09-05-2012 04:28PM

That's not a cubicle, it looks to be overlooking the main part of the toilet?
Were there cameras in the cubicles themselves too?

Sindri · 09-05-2012 04:28PM

jimmynokia wrote: »

Anyhow over the past few days ive been doing some investigating

Are you the freak whose been standing in the jacks with a magnifying glass?

FatherLen · 09-05-2012 04:29PM

ha its kind of ironic that you are giving out about cameras in toilets and you clearly took a photo in the toilet.

but agree cameras in toilets are weird.

hondasam · 09-05-2012 04:29PM

I'm sure they are not recording or filming people going to the toilet, I'm sure it's actually illegal and they would be sued.

I would be more worried about adults using the toilet than kids tbh.

Ficheall · 09-05-2012 04:30PM

biko wrote: »

That's not a cubicle, it looks to be overlooking the main part of the toilet?
Were there cameras in the cubicles themselves too?

It's over a urinal though...

jack presley · 09-05-2012 04:31PM

Wasn't there a story a few years back (can't remember if it was a McDonald's or even in Ireland) where one of these cameras caught a bloke deliberately splashing water from the sink onto the floor then faking that he slipped so he could make a compo claim?

hondasam · 09-05-2012 04:33PM

jack presley wrote: »

Wasn't there a story a few years back (can't remember if it was a McDonald's or even in Ireland) where one of these cameras caught a bloke deliberately splashing water from the sink onto the floor then faking that he slipped so he could make a compo claim?

Supermacs Galway.

Tabnabs · 09-05-2012 04:33PM

OP, report it to the data commissioner:

Proportionality – what images will be captured?

The location of cameras is a key consideration. Use of CCTV to monitor areas where individuals would have a reasonable expectation of privacy would be difficult to justify. Toilets and rest rooms are an obvious example. To justify use in such an area, a data controller would have to demonstrate that a pattern of security breaches had occurred in the area prior to the installation of the system such as would warrant constant electronic surveillance. Where such use can be justified, the CCTV cameras should never be capable of capturing images from cubicles or urinal areas.

http://dataprotection.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=242

biko · 09-05-2012 04:39PM

Can't wait for their youtube channel
www.youtube.com/mcdonalds-toilets

mongdesade · 09-05-2012 04:39PM

Section 2(1)(c)(iii) of the Data Protection Act regarding what images will be captured by CCTV...

"Use of CCTV to monitor areas where individuals would have a reasonable expectation of privacy would be difficult to justify.
Toilets and rest rooms are an obvious example.
To justify use in such an area, a data controller would have to demonstrate that a pattern of security breaches had occurred in the area prior to the installation of the system such as would warrant constant electronic surveillance.
Where such use can be justified, the CCTV cameras should never be capable of capturing images from cubicles or urinal areas."

Recessionbust · 09-05-2012 04:40PM

jimmynokia wrote: »

On a recent trip to Mc Donalds in Arklow This is whats to be found in the cubicles in the toilets.

Now personally i find this disgusting and the thoughts of peoples kids etc going to use the toilet,and having cameras in the cubicles.

Anyhow over the past few days ive been doing some investigating and to my surprise Mc donalds have came up with the most inane excuses ever.

The store manager said it was pointing at the sink which it clearly is not,you can see the mechanism through the dome lense,these cameras also have the ability to pan,and turn up to 360 degrees.

Mc donalds corp have also replied and said its a sprinkler,which it clearly is not,and they also state its within guidlines and they cant tell from the photograph as to if its a sprinkler or a camera.

Whats your thoughts on this people?

Here is the data protection act regarding CCTV.
http://t.co/ohpzIxnC

Ok that is a camera, Its a fixed dome which is static, the casing is made to look like a pan and tilt camera and it also protects the camera from been tampered with etc.
I have 6 of these in my shop and have had them in various units over the years they do not move unless you get a ladder and take the case off them.
The coverage area of them is not great either but regardless it is not right that they have them and they should if nothing else have a sign stating that "CCTV operates in this area"

frozenfrozen · 09-05-2012 04:40PM

Title is a bit misleading but to be honest i don't think its bad, its to stop people doing weird/illegal things in there.

Shane St. · 09-05-2012 04:46PM

u obviously have a smally willy

Sleepy · 09-05-2012 04:46PM

I'm going to guess that in order to see the camera from the toilet, you'd have to be standing on it and the cameras view of the cubicle would be of the closed door.

Look on youtube for the video of the two scumbags throwing water on the floor in order to claim they slipped in it so they could sue Supermacs...

jimmynokia · 09-05-2012 04:48PM

Sindri wrote: »

Are you the freak whose been standing in the jacks with a magnifying glass?

WHAT A STUPID ANSWER No investigating as to the laws

jimmynokia · 09-05-2012 04:49PM

Shane St. wrote: »

u obviously have a smally willy

Its bigger than yours:D

paddydriver · 09-05-2012 04:53PM

This thread is takping the piss a little

Lionel Messy · 09-05-2012 04:54PM

Camera in the jacks? This could be my big break!

im invisible · 09-05-2012 04:55PM

Domo230 wrote: »

They're conducting a study on the penis size of the average McDonalds customer and will soon be realising data that shows McDonalds customers have bigger penises than those who go to Burger King.

something something Whopper...

Lionel Messy · 09-05-2012 04:56PM

hondasam wrote: »

Supermacs Galway.

The beacon of sophistication and fine dining, i'm sure.

Charles Dickens · 09-05-2012 04:56PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Title is a bit misleading but to be honest i don't think its bad, its to stop people doing weird/illegal things in there.

Be that as it may, it remains, nevertheless, an affront to personal dignity and an invasion of privacy of the highest order.

Cheezypuf · 09-05-2012 04:59PM

I'd be straight on to the data protection commissioner. A camera over a urinal is crazy.

Fighting Irish · 09-05-2012 05:16PM

small cock?

TheBody · 09-05-2012 05:18PM

The camera would need a wide angle lens to fit my HUGE cock into the frame!!:D

Nothingbetter2d · 09-05-2012 05:18PM

McPorno vouchers will soon handed out in Arklow McD's

Nothingbetter2d · 09-05-2012 05:19PM

TheBody wrote: »

The camera would need a wide angle lens to fit my HUGE cock into the frame!!:D

lol if McD's call a big mac a huge burger then your penis is quite small

Yamanoto · 09-05-2012 05:25PM

I'm guessing McD's are within their rights to place cameras in that location to protect themselves from nuisance litigation.

That is not a cubicle OP.

Dad who faked fall in Supermac's faces sentence

A MAN who brought a fraudulent circuit court claim for fake injuries is facing a sentence of 200 hours community service.
Ronan Quinlivan (23), a father-of-two from Inishannagh Park, Galway, pleaded guilty at Galway District Court yesterday to two charges of attempted false pretences. Inspector Tony O'Donnell told the court that the charges arose out of a circuit court civil claim taken by the accused against Supermac's Ireland.

The case was proceeding in the court and, just prior to the hearing, the legal team representing Quinlivan became aware of a video tape showing the accused in the toilets of Supermac's at Eyre Galway throwing water onto the floor and practising a fall.

That information caused his legal team to withdraw the case, without going to a full hearing.

The matter was subsequently referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions and was now before the court.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dad-who-faked-fall-in-supermacs-faces-sentence-182554.html

Where To · 09-05-2012 05:27PM

What's wrong with cameras in toilets anyway?

If you're not doing anything wrong what have you got to hide?

antodeco · 09-05-2012 05:28PM

I always remember my brother thought our local McDs had a 'McWipe'. It was actually those hand 'McWash' yoked, but he thought there was an automatic arse wiper thing.

Cameras in Mc Donalds toilets Yes Or No.

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