Who has access to tapes recorded via public CCTV?
Under guidelines published by federal and provincial privacy commissioners in Canada, access to video surveillance footage should be restricted to authorized persons involved in administering the system. It may also be made available to law enforcement agencies on request. In addition, under public-sector privacy legislation, individuals have a right of access to footage of themselves, provided that this can be done without infringing on the privacy rights of others featured in the footage (this can be accomplished, for example, by blurring out the faces of other individuals using computer software).
