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Under Surveillance - CCTV Cameras In North America

By DrewWilson

Last month, a report on the use of CCTV was published in Washington Post. It seems as though there is a spreading of CCTV cameras throughout North America, so ZeroPaid spoke to the Open Rights Group for their interpretation of the CCTV camera. The generic security camera has been around for years now. The private sector has made use of these cameras - namely stores that sell products - to stop activities like shop-lifting, vandalism and other forms of crime within the store setting. Today in North America, the security camera on the premises of a store or a house can be an acceptable thing - yet, what about in public places? One of the first countries in the North Western hemisphere has made use of the CCTV camera in public places on a wide scale is Britain.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on March 23, 2008 (boomark / email).