FOI request (FOIR-706178678)

Statistics Personal Data Access requests on CCTV

Requested Tue 15 April 2025
Responded Tue 27 May 2025

1. How many CCTV cameras does the Borough own and/or is the 'Data Controller' for?

2. How many of these CCTV cameras are set to record video?

3. How many times in the past 5 years has the Borough released recorded CCTV data to a member of the public in response to a Personal Data Access request/FOI request or similar request?

4. How many times in the past 5 years has the Borough released recorded CCTV data in response to a request from the courts or legal representative?

5. When releasing CCTV video, is it Borough policy to redact or blur out the faces of uninvolved members of the public who may have been incidentally captured on the video being released?

6. If so, is this video redaction ('blurring out') task carried out by Borough staff in-house or performed by an outside agency/service provider?

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Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.

The Freedom of Information Act is based on recorded information held by a local authority, it is not a tool to ask questions.

1. 108

2. 108

3. Nil

4. 18

5. This is not a request for recorded information.

6. This is not a request for recorded information.