Schools can use CCTV, but you need a legal basis
You can use CCTV as long as you have a ‘lawful basis’ to do so under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – find out how to choose which one to use in our other article.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) confirmed this to us.
If you’re planning to justify the use of CCTV cameras through the ‘public task’ basis, you won’t need consent to install CCTV. Read more about when you need to seek consent under the UK GDPR.
If you're using CCTV for the first time, you’ll probably need a data protection impact assessment (DPIA)
Find out what DPIAs are, when they must be done and how to carry one out in another of our articles.
How the UK GDPR affects individuals’ rights
Right to access data
Requests from individuals to access copies of their personal data don’t have to
