CCTV Guidance

Summary

This is a short guidance page from the Office of the Data Protection Authority (Guernsey) on using Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). It explains that organisations using CCTV are 'controllers' processing personal data under the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017, and must do so fairly and responsibly.

• Scope: Applies to any organisation operating CCTV that captures footage of identified or identifiable living individuals in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
• Registration: Organisations that process personal data (including via CCTV) are legally required to maintain an annual registration with the ODPA.
• Further help: The ODPA points users to separate registration guidance and offers drop-in sessions for further assistance.

The page is purely informational and links to other resources rather than setting out detailed technical CCTV requirements itself.

Key obligations

• Organisations that process personal data, including via CCTV, must maintain an annual registration with the ODPA.

Applies to

organisations operating CCTV (data controllers)

Deadlines

• annual: Controllers must maintain an annual registration with the ODPA if they process personal data.