Question

Video surveillance can be an effective physical security control, but there are also many privacy concerns that are raised when discussing video surveillance

When does video surveillance become too intrusive when used to control crime?

Answer 1

Video Surveillance is an effective tool and modern way of monitoring unethical/illegal/criminal activities in different sectors of industry like Bank,Hospital,School,Office,Government buildings etc.It is now a days used as a process for constant maintenance of vigilance over the people working in that area or the outsiders who visit the premises time and again. But it is also found that many times video surveillance effects the personal lives which directly/indirectly effects the privacy of the people. For example,we see in many schools there are CCTVs installed in school toilets to look over the higher class students so that they cannot break into adultery....In this case the innocent students may suffer harrasments.Just like CCTVs placed in the trial rooms of shopping malls and general stores.In this way this system of video surveillance becomes too intrusive sometimes when used to control crime.