CCTV cameras on allotments

Dear Juan,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your email dated 10/07/23 requesting information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.  I have logged your email and will deal
with your request in order that we can respond to you within the statutory
deadline of 20 working days.

I will contact you further as soon as the relevant information is
available.

Yours sincerely,

Jacquelyn Tranter

Complaints/FOI Assistant Team Leader    /    Arweinydd Tîm Cynorthwyol -
Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth 

Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau

Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen

Phone/Ffôn: 01495 742774

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Dear Juan,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your email dated 10/07/23 requesting information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.  I am now in a position to respond to
your questions as follows:

1. Of the 41 allotments managed by the relevant Allotments Associations
how many have CCTV cameras erected?

Cwmbran South Allotment Association – security cameras on 14 of 21 sites

Eastern Valleys Allotment Association – no security cameras on any sites
in this area.

2. Who erected the CCTV cameras in the allotments which are council owned
land?

CSAA - installed by site committee members on the individual sites.

EVAA – N/A

3. Who maintains the cameras?

CSAA - monitored by the allotment site secretaries. 

EVAA – N/A

4. Who is responsible for the monitoring of the cameras and what they are
actually viewing/recording?

CSAA - situated only on access points to allotment sites or vulnerable
areas within sites.

EVAA – N/A

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Information Commissioner’s Office (Wales) cannot make a decision unless
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Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office (Wales), 2^nd Floor, Churchill House, Churchill Way,
Cardiff, CF10 2HH. Telephone 0330 414 6421 or e-mail [1][email address].

Yours sincerely,

Jacquelyn Tranter

Complaints/FOI Assistant Team Leader    /    Arweinydd Tîm Cynorthwyol -
Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth 

Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau

Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen

Phone/Ffôn: 01495 742774

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Good afternoon Juan,

Thank you for your email dated 24^th July 2023.

The response provided was:

4. Who is responsible for the monitoring of the cameras and what they are
actually viewing/recording?

CSAA - situated only on access points to allotment sites or vulnerable
areas within sites.

EVAA – N/A

To explain the response provided and the question answered:

4. Who is responsible for the monitoring of the cameras - Cwmbran South
Allotment Association are responsible for the monitoring of the camera
and what they are actually viewing/recording? which are situated only on
access points to allotment sites or vulnerable areas within sites.

EVAA – N/A

As your response contains further questions, I will log a new FOI request
received on 24^th July 2023 and we will respond within the required 20
days.

Kind regards,

Jacquelyn Tranter

Complaints/FOI Assistant Team Leader    /  Arweinydd Tîm Cynorthwyol -
Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth 

Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau

Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen

Phone/Ffôn: 01495 742164

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Dear Juan

Further to your e-mail below, requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, I am now in a position to respond to your questions
as follows:

How many people have access and are able to view the LIVE and RECORDED
images? The members of site committee. Max 3 people – treasurer, chairman
and secretary

Who are the people that have access and are able to view the LIVE and
RECORDED images? As above

Where are the RECORDED images kept On a device set to the camera feed and
for how long? * 7 days then re-recorded over.

What happens to the RECORDED images? Data will only be accessed if there
is a break-in/incident on site and will be deleted following forwarding to
relevant authorities ie police, local authority

How do members of the public access these images? No members of the public
will have direct access to recordings or images. Individuals  have the
right to request access to their own personal information, further
explanation is available on the ICO website via the following link:
[1]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/your-r...

The data is only accessed should there be a break-in on a site and this
would be via a site committee member. We don’t access live or make a point
of that as it holds no interest for us. The data is accessed by connecting
to the camera. Any data is not for public use.

*Please note, the Allotment Site Committee are their own data controller
and therefore we have provided information available to us.

Information supplied in response to any Freedom of Information Act request
may be subject to copyright. A single copy of information supplied under
the Freedom of Information Act may only be used for personal,
non-commercial research or study, unless stated otherwise. It must not be
passed to others, copied or re-published in whole or in part without
permission from the copyright holder. Any copyright statement that forms
part of or in any way refers to the information provided must not be
altered or removed.

If you have any queries about this letter or are unhappy about the service
you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint
or request a review, please do not hesitate to contact me in writing. A
request for an internal review should be made within 40 working days of
the date of the response.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner’s Office (Wales) cannot make a decision unless
you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by this Council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office (Wales), 2nd Floor, Churchill House, Churchill Way,
Cardiff, CF10 2HH. Telephone 0330 414 6421 or e-mail [email address].

Yours sincerely

Helen Britton

Senior Business Support Officer (Complaints/FOI) / Uwch Swyddog Cymorth
Busnes (Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth)

Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau

Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen

Phone/Ffôn: 01495 766026/ Fax/Ffacs: 01495 766026

Email/E-Bost: [email address]

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