Waste Services CCTV, Vehicle Camera & Body Camera
Data Controller
Scottish Borders Council is a local authority established under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Our head office is located at Newtown St Boswells, Melrose TD6 0SA. You can contact us on 0300 100 1800 or contact the customer advice team using this email address.
Data Protection Officer
The Council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted using the contact details for the Council as set out above or by using this email address.
How we will use your information
Any information recorded will be processed by Scottish Borders Council, Newtown St Boswells, TD6 0SA.
The Council is collecting and using this information in the performance of a task carried out in the public interest in order to:
- maintain security at our sites,
- protect the safety of our staff,
- prevent and detect (and act as a deterrent against) crime and anti-social behaviour, to protect buildings and assets from damage, disruption, vandalism and other crime and to apprehend and prosecute offenders
- monitor our service’s health and safety practices
- ensure general compliance with relevant legal obligations
- provide information in the event of any events requiring investigation.
- monitor service delivery to meet our duty to achieve best value and continuous service improvement.
If not retained for event investigation information is retained as follows:
- CCTV information is retained for 2 to 4 weeks,
- Vehicle camera information stores up to 190 hours of footage, which then overwrites. For a vehicle used consistently this would be a period of approx 5 weeks. For vehicles used only intermittently it could be significantly longer.
- Body Camera information is retained for 30 days.
When retained for event investigation copies will be retained until the investigation is complete and the information is no longer required. This will usually be a period of a few months, however in serious cases it may be retained up to 5 years.
Who we may share your information with
Your information will be accessed by Council staff who need to use it to provide the service described above . The Council is legally obliged to share certain data with other public bodies such as the Police and Scottish Environment Protection Agency and will do so where the law requires this and it will be proportionate.
Your rights
You can read about the rights you have over your personal data by visiting our data protection webpages or if you would like a hard copy of this information, please contact us using the contact details provided above.
How to raise a complaint
You can raise a complaint by following the advice on our data protection pages if you are unhappy with the way the Council has processed your data.