Data protection act 1998

[Desotuatail]

Have I broken the law

This case is long and complicated but I feel that I should detail it.

I recently moved into a UK council area with 24 residents. The area has a communal CCTV external to the premises for the purpose of seeing who is knocking on the main door of one of the buildings. One resident {a} was rather pissed off as he has a dog and he has to clean up the dog $%^ afterwards and dispose of it. What resident {a) was pissed off over was that some other resident {?) was allowing his/her dog to do this and not pick up the $%^.

Sometime later I observed on my TV using the CCTV. This was recorded on my tablet pointed at the TV. Resident {b} is the culprit. I decided to show this to Resident {a} resident {a} suggested that I should show this video to Resident {c}

Resident {c} is n employee of a council and as I have found out is a total bitch. The community are terrified of her as she frequently reports other residents to the council and has been known to listen into conversations and use that information.

I showed this video to resident {c}. Resident {c} went to work at the council and could not resist the opportunity of making a complaint against resident {b}

I was contacted by the council by someone I never knew to confirm this. I felt that I had to do so.

Resident {c} (The council worker) told another resident {d} that I had spied on resident {b} and videoed him doing this.

The council worker had reported to the council about both resident {d} and resident {a} for dog fouling.

To summarise all of this

· Resident {a} has a dog and has to clean up dog resident $%^ {c} and has been reported to the council by Resident {c}
· Resident {b} is the offending dog owner
· Resident {c} is the council employee.
· Resident {d} is the totally independent resident who ALSO has been reported by the council employee {c}

This is an abuse of power by a council employee who loves terrorising the community and there is a feeling of fear and intimidation.

NOW to the legal issue.
I have learnt some time ago that I can legally record a telephone conversation with or without their permission for personal use or to be used in any criminal case.

The question now is have I broken the law by
· Recording it?
· Showing it to resident {a} the resident who had to clean up another dogs mess.
· Showing it to the Council worker {c} who is not directly related.

[Wylderose]

Re: Data protection act 1998

I am sorry to say this but the fact that you recorded and stored what you observed was a breach of Resident A and B's privacy

To then go on to show Resident C what you had recorded would then be considered a Breach of the Data Protection Act and processing of data that you were not authorised to hold or record. Resident C had no "need to know"

The only people to whom you could legally disclose CCTV recordings to would be the Police if it was considered evidence in an investigation.

Recording of telephone calls:
You may record personal telephone calls provided they remain for personal use only
You may not use these recorded calls for legal purposes without the express permission of the person you recorded.

unless...... of course you are legally tasked with surveillance of someone

[Desotuatail]

Re: Data protection act 1998

Ok. I shouldn't of Shown it to C. I did this because he was inconvenienced over the dog fouling. As for the phone call recording, I was advised that I could show this information to someone in the legal profession in connection with a court case. Layer, barrister and even a Judge.