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  • Neighbour CCTV

    Hi All
    I'm after some advice, please.

    I am the Landlord of a Property and my Tenant has been in touch to advise that the neighbour next door has a domestic CCTV camera system installed that points directly to the bathroom window. The Tenant has an 8 year old daughter.

    I wrote to the neighbour, asking him to move the lens of the camera away from my Property in its entirety. I have had a response and they attached an image to the email - it is attached to this conversation. They have said that they will not move the lens.

    As you can clearly see, the neighbour has angled it directly towards my property. He is also capturing the driveway and the main road. He has used black squares to block out the windows to my property but I'm unsure on whether he has simply done this for the purpose of the picture and can simply override this feature?

    We have had problems with the neighbour when I was living there (long story) and we didn't really speak or get on.

    I have re-wrote to him asking him to remove the camera - even if he angles it to the right to capture his own property, all he will see is the wall. I've reminded him that because he is angling the camera towards my property, he has to comply with GDPR and DPA and therefore I've submitted a Subject Access Request to him too. I've politely stated that failure to remove the camera may result in legal action being taken against him.

    Please can someone provide me with some advice/thoughts here?

    Many thanks!





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  • #2
    Perhaps one solution would be to see if the CCTV software has the capability to have a privacy screen installed, that would mean that the ccty camera couldnt see the windows on the property but they could still record their property.

    It is an option eastleigh Borough Council used when they installed CCTV in public areas as it allowed them to monitor the streets but not to invade peoples privacy
    I work for Roach Pittis Solicitors. I give my free time available to helping other on the forum and would be happy to try and assist informally where needed. Any posts I make on LegalBeagles are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as legal advice. Any advice I provide is without liability.

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    • #3
      Why is he taking pictures of a roof? There's more of your property in there than his.

      Yes those black squares are privacy blocks. They can be removed though. I would think the camera at the front of the house would be better.

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      • #4
        Good point ostell, they are removable.

        Sorry im trying to multi task at the moment, and it isnt working too well. Ill leave it to Ostell to deal with this one.

        I work for Roach Pittis Solicitors. I give my free time available to helping other on the forum and would be happy to try and assist informally where needed. Any posts I make on LegalBeagles are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as legal advice. Any advice I provide is without liability.

        If you need to contact me please email me on Pt@roachpittis.co.uk .

        I have been involved in leading consumer credit and data protection cases including Harrison v Link Financial Limited (High Court), Grace v Blackhorse (Court of Appeal) and also Kotecha v Phoenix Recoveries (Court of Appeal) along with a number of other reported cases and often blog about all things consumer law orientated.

        You can also follow my blog on consumer credit here.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by ostell View Post
          Why is he taking pictures of a roof? There's more of your property in there than his.

          Yes those black squares are privacy blocks. They can be removed though. I would think the camera at the front of the house would be better.
          He has one at the front too as well as a Ring Doorbell - it's an odd position to have it though!

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          • #6
            ICO path is probably best

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            • #7
              I would have thought contacting the Police woukd be your next step.
              He is pointing this camera to his neighbour's bathroom where a young child lives. All very suspect.

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