In recent years, the use of CCTV in secondary schools has become increasingly prevalent. With the aim of deterring bullying and maintaining a safe environment, the footage captured by these systems has proven to be a valuable tool. However, schools must ensure compliance with data protection laws when handling and sharing CCTV footage. Data Subject [...]
Sunday Business Post August 2023 CCTV cameras are increasingly used in schools across Ireland. This footage can contain personal data that needs to be handled in compliance with privacy legislation including the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Schools have great responsibilities when it comes to managing this CCTV footage. The right partnership can [...]
Your company's reputation is everything. Protecting your or your client's personal data is critical to keeping that reputation intact, especially in an age where information travels at the speed of light. Redaction services can help protect you and keep you compliant with data protection legislation by removing sensitive information from documents and/or CCTV footage [...]
Data Subject Access Requests are becoming more commonplace. This can be a worrying process for any business and sometimes the responsibility lands on the desk of the HR department. It is important that they have all the information they need to hand so they comply with the request while keeping the business safe. Data [...]
You may have a vague idea of what video redaction is. More than likely you have seen it as part of a TV reality or documentary show where peoples faces have been blurred out. You may even have noticed document redaction on a thriller movie where vital information has been blocked out of documents [...]
As a business owner, why should you be concerned about the way you share data that you hold? What is Personal Data? Personal data is not just name, address, and telephone number. It also includes photos, audio, video (including CCTV), phone call records, correspondence and web browsing history. In addition, it is not just [...]
CCTV is used in schools and college to protect students, staff and property. While this is normal practice, there are certain protocols that need to be followed should the footage need to be shared. Likewise, the head of the school or college is responsible for keeping sensitive files and documents secure. However, on occasion these [...]
Over the past year, there has been an eightfold increase in data redaction requests for CCTV footage among providers in the childcare industry. Despite the childcare industry facing extended periods of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team at Datascan redacted 73 CCTV video files in 2020, a considerable increase on 2019. Challenge for [...]
Redaction of information in a document will be necessary when you want to remove information of a sensitive nature so others cannot read it. Issues will occur when it is not completed correctly in the first instance and this could leave a business owner wide open to a data breach. Not obscuring the information correctly [...]
During the first World War over 12 million letters a week were delivered to soldiers. It was a vital way of keeping contact with loved ones at home. These letters would on average take three days to reach the front and were extremely valuable in boosting moral. The returning post would take a little longer [...]
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