CNPD statement on video surveillance

On 02/04/2020 CNPD released a statement on the use of video surveillance and alarm systems by private security companies where they state the following:

•  The use of video surveillance and alarm systems, by private security companies is defined by the law that regulates that activity and does not cover public places of common use, whose control is exclusively attributed to the public security forces and services;

• Private security companies aren't allowed to carry out activities that are held responsible by the exclusive law or police authorities;

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• During state of emergency, it remains forbidden to the Local Public Administration and private companies to use means of capturing images and sound in public space to control entry and movement within the national territory.

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Dispatch:

02/04/2020

In the rear of the Covid-19 pandemic, several questions have been addressed to the CNPD. Therefore, we intend to disclose the following: The use of video surveillance and alarm systems, by private security companies is defined by the law that regulates that activity and does not cover public places of common use, whose control is exclusively attributed to the public security forces and services. Private security companies aren't allowed to carry out activities that are held responsible by the exclusive law or police authorities. Thus, the functions of border control and the prevention and repression of crimes in public fall exclusively on the security forces and services under the Ministry of Internal Administration. We also recall that the decreed state of emergency did not change the functions and public administrations, so the control functions of entry and movement within national territory remain centralised in the state, with the Local Public Administration and private companies being prohibited from using means of capturing images and sound in the public space for this purpose.

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