BS 7958:2015 gives recommendations for the management and operation of CCTV within a controlled environment, where data that might be offered as evidence are received, stored, reviewed or analysed. This standard applies to the monitoring and management of public spaces, including automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and traffic enforcement cameras.

For control rooms whose operation falls within the scope of BS 7499, BS 5979 or BS 8591, all of the security requirements, both physical and procedural, of the relevant British Standard remain applicable.

This British Standard is applicable to CCTV schemes used in public places such as the following:

• areas where the public are encouraged to enter or have a right to visit, such as town centres, shopping malls, public transport, health establishments;
• schemes that overlook a public place, such as traffic monitoring and traffic enforcement schemes; and
• private schemes where a camera view includes a partial view of a public place.

This British Standard also provides good practice for all other CCTV schemes.

This British Standard takes due regard of the 12 guiding principles of the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice [7] (see Annex A) and the Information Commissioner's CCTV Code of practice [8] and the Data Protection Act 1998 [1] principles (see Annex B).


Cross References:
BS 5979
BS 7499
BS 7858
BS 8591
BS EN 15713
BIP 0008-1
BIP 0008-2
BIP 0008-3
BS EN ISO 11064-1
BS EN ISO 11064-2
BS EN ISO 11064-3
BS ISO 10002
BS ISO 27001
Data Protection Act 1998
Human Rights Act 1998
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Private Security Industry Act 2001
Surveillance Camera Code of Practice
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2002
Criminal Procedure and Investigation Act 1996
Equality Act 2010
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment)
Regulations 1992
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Traffic Management Act 2004


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