Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 72454

CCTV and Video Recordings: Housing

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Bobby Dean

Liberal Democrat — Carshalton and Wallington

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations governing the use of (a) CCTV and (b) other video recording devices on domestic buildings.

Answer

Ian Murray

The UK’s Data protection framework is technology-neutral. If domestic CCTV or other video recording devices capture someone else's property or communal space, then the UK’s data protection legislation applies as the images and voices of other people will ...

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