Author: Big Brother Watch
Title: Big Brother Is Watching: The First Comprehensive Analysis of the Number of CCTV Cameras Controlled by Local Authorities in Britain in 2009
Summary: The Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera has become a ubiquitous feature on Britain’s streets. The most frequently quoted figure for the number of CCTV cameras in the UK (c.4 million) is based on a loose estimate generated by a walk taken down a single street over a decade ago. Whilst virtually impossible to count the precise number of privately owned CCTV cameras, this report seeks to establish the full extent of Britain’s local authority-controlled surveillance. This report does not therefore include the many cameras controlled by private individuals and companies, by central government, on our nation’s motorways, or those controlled solely by Transport for London and situated on the bus, tube and tram network. Big Brother Is Watching is the first report to bring together the various arguments against CCTV and place them alongside a definitive list of the number of CCTV cameras operated by Britain’s 428 local authorities. Through Freedom of Information requests sent to every single local council in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Big Brother Watch has arrived at a figure of 59,753 CCTV cameras controlled by councils in the UK – up from 21,000 ten years ago.
Details: London: Big Brother Watch, 2010. 22p.
Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 24, 2011 at: www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/cctvreport.pdf
Year: 2010
Country: United Kingdom
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Shelf Number: 123119
Keywords:
CCTV CamerasPublic SurveillanceVideo Surveillance (U.K.) |
