Latest about CCTV
Tories to rollback surveillance state
News The Conservative party has revealed plans to end ID cards, the ContactPoint database and give the Information Commissioner more powers.
WiMAX isn’t dead – it’s just for business
News Public sector trials of WiMAX suggest it could settle into an infrastructure type niche, rather than battle LTE in the consumer space.
Big Brother goes digital with IP CCTV
News Half of city councils have upgraded their CCTV to an IP network.
CCTV boosts Bolton Wanderers’ stadium security
News The Premier league football club scores with new IP networked CCTV coverage in areas of the Reebok stadium it was not previously able to monitor.
Government to review security data collection
News Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the government will look at ways to balance privacy with protection.
Portsmouth uses crime-detecting CCTV
News An intelligent CCTV system, designed to predict crimes before they happen, has been installed for the first time in a UK city.
All 84,000 prisoner details lost on unencrypted memory stick
News A USB stick containing around 130,000 prisoner and ex-offender details goes missing from private contractor PA Consulting.
Most schools use CCTV to watch students
News A survey of teachers has shown most schools use surveillance cameras to improve security and monitor students.
