§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure that tapes from CCTVs installed in public places and which show members of the public in embarrassing or compromising positions are not sold on to commercial organisations for use in films or videos. [38906]
§ Mr. MacleanAccess to, and control of, images recorded by closed circuit television is a matter for the operator's of such systems to regulate. The Government strongly recommend that all CCTV operators adopt codes of practice suitable to their systems covering such matters as tape access and the use to which the images are put. Advice on developing such codes of practice is contained in the Home Office guidance booklet "CCTV—Looking Out For You", a copy of which is in the Library. Approximately 20,000 copies of the booklet have now been distributed.