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Written Question · S3W-23945 · Session 3

For how long images captured by public space CCTV are stored.

Answered Asked by Robert Brown LD Lodged 13 May 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive for how long images captured by public space CCTV are stored.

The answer

Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 May 2009 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

It is for the operators and owners of CCTV systems to determine how long images captured on their CCTV systems are stored for, having regard to all relevant legal and other requirements.
Guidance on this, and other CCTV issues, can be found on the website of the Information Commissioner''s Office at www.ico.gov.uk.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-23945 by reference.