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Surveillance camera code of practice: self assessment tool

Find out how well your organisation complies with the principles of the surveillance camera code of practice.

Updates to this page

From:
Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
Published:
11 November 2014
Last updated:
25 August 2026
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  1. Updated the self-assessment tool.

  2. Updated self-assessment tool.

  3. New self-assessment tool added.

  4. Updated self-assessment tool published.

  5. New self assessment tool guidance on UAVs and drones.

  6. New automatic number plate recognition self assessment tool

  7. Added link to guidance on tools to help organisations show that they apply with the surveillance camera code of practice.

  8. First published.

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Self assessment tool

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This self assessment tool is designed to help organisations that use surveillance cameras systems or a video surveillance system (VSS) to identify if they are complying with the 12 principles in the code. It should be completed alongside the surveillance camera code of practice.

This tool can be used to self assess for surveillance camera systems/VSS such as public space CCTV, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), body worn videos (BWV), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV or drones), vehicle-born video systems and use of facial recognition technologies.

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