As Pocklington Town Council (PTC) have no lawful access to the Pocklington CCTV system owned by them they are unable to address Subject Access Requests.

In a shambolic attempt to fudge the unlawful gathering of Data there has been an attempt for over a year to claim that Humberside Police deal with their Subject Access Requests.

For this to be lawful there must be a signed copy of a Service Level Agreement for The Provision, Operation and Management of Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Monitoring between Humberside Police Force and PTC.

Humberside Police have confirmed no such agreement exists.

Further Failures

I can confirm that PTC has failed to operate the CCTV system lawfully for the following reasons:

• They are unable to address Subject Access Requests.
• There is no signed Service Level Agreement for The Provision, Operation and Management of Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Monitoring between Humberside Police and PTC.
• There is no Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) that reflects that there is no signed Service Level Agreement for The Provision, Operation and Management of Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Monitoring between Humberside Police and PTC.
• There are two different types of signs displayed that give conflicting information.

Police Station CCTV Signage – Spot The Irony!

All of the above breach legal requirements. This means the PTC CCTV system that Pocklington residents pay for the running of is unlawful and a criminal’s best friend.

Even More Failures

I have evidence of further failures by PTC that I shall share in due course.

Subject Access Request

I have sent the following Subject Access Request and Freedom of Information request to the PTC Clerk

Dear Gordon,

In the interests of transparency could I please refer you to (LINK)

On Sunday 12 July between 06.30 and 07.00, I was in Pocklington near to Judsons and the Feathers.

Could I please make a Subject Access Request for the Data gathered of me by the cameras on Judsons and the Feathers?

As there is no Service Level Agreement for The Provision, Operation and Management of Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Monitoring between Humberside Police Force and Pocklington Town Council (PTC) PTC must address this Subject Access Request themselves.

Please advise how this will be achieved.

Failure to fulfil this Subject Access Request will demonstrate that the Pocklington CCTV system is unlawfully gathering Data and must be switched off with immediate effect.

As per the Freedom of Information Act could I please request a copy of your Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) that reflects that there is no signed Service Level Agreement for The Provision, Operation and Management of Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Monitoring between Humberside Police and PTC?

Could you please advise have PTC informed those businesses who have CCTV on their buildings that the system is unlawful? You will be aware of the risk to reputation to some of these businesses for allowing the use of their buildings for unlawful activity.

Regards,

Andy Strangeway