Question follow-through · 52084
CCTV: Privacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further regulation of domestic CCTV usage where cameras overlook neighbouring properties.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further regulation of domestic CCTV usage where cameras overlook neighbouring properties.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
If domestic CCTV captures someone else's property or communal space, the UK’s data protection legislation applies, as the images and voices of other people will be captured and this is classified as personal information.The Information Commissioner's Offi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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