Camerasystemen - DKB-Techniek.nl

A camera system is an excellent means of preventive security. When these are placed at well-arranged points, a site or building can be properly observed. The recorded camera images can also be viewed later.

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Legal preconditions

When placing camera systems, you must take into account the legal preconditions for placing cameras, these are:

You are allowed to hang a camera to protect a house or a flat. Street surveillance is not your responsibility, that's where the video camera surveillance should stop. The front door and windows of the houses are also the border. You must indicate with a sign or sticker that there is a video camera. If you fail to do so, you may be punishable.

Pursuant to the Criminal Code, you must disclose the camera surveillance. Video camera surveillance should not stand alone, but should take place in conjunction with other measures, such as street lighting and staff surveillance on the street. For more information, see the CBP publication Cameras in the Public Domain. Privacy standards for camera surveillance of public order and on the website of the Center for Crime Prevention and Security. The CCV stimulates and supports private and public partners in the realization of crime prevention and security.

The person filming you (the data subject) has the right to request you to inspect and correct, supplement, delete or block his personal data. See also the information sheet Providing access to personal data and Providing correction of personal data.

Image recordings must be reported to the Dutch DPA, unless an exemption is possible on the basis of the Exemption Decree. Article 38 of this Decree states that the notification obligation does not apply to processing operations with a view to the security of persons, buildings, sites, goods and production processes, which have been entrusted to the care of the controller, by means of the use of clear visible video cameras. These processing operations must then meet the requirements referred to in Article 38 of the Exemption Decree. One of those requirements is a maximum retention period of 24 hours, unless certain video recordings are needed for longer to deal with identified incidents. Information about reporting can be found in the information sheet Reporting and exemptions

NB: When using non-digital cameras that only "monitor" and do not record data, there is no processing within the meaning of the WBP. This form of video camera surveillance is therefore not necessary