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Surveillance techniques Essential surveillance techniques available to landlords, providing evidential footage for civil and criminal cases when tackling housing fraud. Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques The monitoring of the behaviour or activities, (or DATA) usually of people (or SUBJECTS), for the purposes of :- • • • • • Management influence direction Protection Information (Evidence) Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques Definitions of data “……..a quantitative measurement of, or a qualitative fact about some thing…” Wikipedia “…………….Things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of reasoning or calculation………..” Dictionary.com INFORMATION Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques • Bear in mind current legislation – including:- • • • • • Data Protection Act 1998 RIPA 2000 Human rights Act 1998 FOI Act 2000 PSIA 2003 Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques • The DPA governs via eight principles, the way surveillance DATA is:- • • • • Gathered stored accessed Disclosed ……….to protect SUBJECTS…… Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques Overt Data collected from publicly available sources:• • • • Media: Web-based communities and user-generated content Public data: Permissive Observation and reporting Geographic Information System Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques • Covert directed surveillance is undertaken in relation to a specific investigation or operation, where the person or persons subject to the surveillance are unaware that it is, or may be, taking place. The activity may result in obtaining private information about a person, whether or not it is specifically for the purpose of the investigation. • Human Intelligence Sources such as undercover officers, agents or informants may be used by Councils to obtain and pass on information about another person, without their knowledge, as a result of establishing or making use of an existing relationship. This clearly has implications for a person’s privacy and is an activity which the legislation strictly regulates. Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques • The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) introduced a system of authorisation and monitoring of surveillance activities, to ensure that the rights of the individual are not unnecessarily compromised, in the pursuance of regulatory compliance. • RIPA also requires a similar control and authorisation procedurefor the acquisition of telecommunications data. The Council has to comply with these requirements when obtaining telephone subscriber and billing information. • The Act also established an Office of Surveillance Commissioners, whose duty it is to inspect public bodies undertaking this type of work, and introduced an Investigatory Powers Tribunal to investigate complaints that human rights have been infringed. Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques • Many data gathering industry specific devices are available on the market. With proper control, they are capable of producing high quality data. Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques • Technology can act as an underpin in evidence terms. The use of:• CCTV • Access control Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques • The best “technique” is to encourage a culture of working together. Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques Tony Partington Operations Manager Concierge Bolton at Home [email protected] 01204 329771 Tony Partington, Bolton at Home Surveillance techniques Thank you Any questions or comments to generate discussion ? Tony Partington, Bolton at Home