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Privacy in Public Spaces: Video Surveillance and Public Security in European Cities apdcm.es

Privacy in Public Spaces: Video Surveillance and Public Security in European Cities www.apdcm.es. Video surveillance growing factors. Greater concern for public safety Digitalization of cameras, video devices and control centres Greater affordability of surveillance devices

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Privacy in Public Spaces: Video Surveillance and Public Security in European Cities apdcm.es

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  1. Privacy in Public Spaces:Video Surveillance and Public Security in European Citieswww.apdcm.es

  2. Video surveillance growing factors • Greater concern for public safety • Digitalization of cameras, video devices and control centres • Greater affordability of surveillance devices - Integration with traditional databases (i.e. vehicle owners) and image recognition technologies (i.e. Vehicle license plates) - Towards a surveillance society?

  3. Video surveillance in European cities • Public Spaces and Governmental Buildings • Metropolitan transport networks: buses, underground, etc... • Schools - Hospitals and health care centers • Traffic and parking control, restricted circulation areas (Oslo, London, etc...) • ….

  4. Associated risks • Unauthorized disclosure of images (Youtube and others). Purpose deviation (i.e. vendor/customer disputes) • Combination with other privacy challenging technologies (RFID, GPS, image recognition, etc...) • Illegal treatment of personal data (i.e., “usual suspects”) • Invasion of professional privacy (i.e., workers supervised 100% of their working time)

  5. Handling privacy risks • Videosurveillance: in most cases, a matter of Personal Data Protection • Data Protection Guarantees: • Declaration of treatment of images to National Data Protection Authorities • Information to individuals • Providing access to data protection rights (access, modification, erasure) • Data Quality and Security issues

  6. Information to individuals • Depending on the purpose: security related vs others • Security related: simple information ads (in and out of VS areas and exercise of rights), area vs location of cameras, etc… • Other purposes: sometimes individual information (i.e. specific health care facilities or services such as ER or psychiatrics)

  7. Data Protection Rights and videosurveillance • Applicability of Personal Data Protection Rights • Determination of the identity of the data (image) subject • Other peoples appearing in the images (third parties’ rights) • Cancellation rights and storage periods • Information on how to exercise rights

  8. Data Quality and Security • Purpose related collection and storage. Data (image) minimisation • Limited storage periods • Controlled access. Logs. Encryption • Duty of secrecy. Personnel training on data protection issues • Management, responsibilities (city and

  9. Videosurveillance: an issue for Data Protection Authorities • 28th International Conference of Privacy Commissioners, London, Nov. 2006 “A surveillance society?” • Guidance and control actions by DPAs (i.e. Resolution on Video Surveillance by DPA Madrid, available at www.apdcm.es (option “Legislación”)

  10. Functions of Madrid DPA • Manage the Regional Registry of Files containing personal data (14.198 files, +7,8% in 2006) • Make sure that the individuals’ rights can be exercised. Inspection. (169 actions in 2006, + 62%) • Raise citizens’ awareness, train public employees and provide consulting services to data controllers (317 sessions and events in 2006, 4.000 participants)

  11. International activities • Dataprot project www.madrid.org/dataprot (EU program “Leonardo Da Vinci”): training for trainers in Data Protection (partners URJC, University of Lapland, University Hradec, DPA Berlin, etc…) • Manager of the Prize to European Best Practices on Data Protection in Public Administrations (4th Edition in 2007) • Leading partner of e-PRODAT www.eprodat.org: European Best Practices on Data Protection and e-Government • Organizer of XIII Edition of the European Data Protection Case Handling Workshop www.wsmadrid2006.es • Editor of www.dataprotectionreview.eu

  12. Francisco José López Carmona Deputy Director jose.lopezcarmona@madrid.org

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