CCTV at work not adhering to GDPR?

[NotGoingOut]

I work in a factory that employs around 200-300 people. In our department office is a large screen showing multiple camera feeds. This office is not secure and anyone that is on site can wander through. The controls for the CCTV are on a laptop next to the screen and as such anyone passing can flick through the cameras or go back and view recorded footage etc.

While it is mainly office staff that use it and I am not suggesting the postman drops by for a quick perusal between stops, I believe the live images and recorded footage should not be accessible in this way. If I am correct then is there anyone outside of the company that I can report this to that would be able to take any action?

As a side note although the cameras are not hidden, there are no CCTV warning signs either.

[Terminator X]

What are you worried about?

TX.

[pequod]

What is your concern about cctv coverage?

[robscot]

You could try Watchdog, but I think they've got bigger fish to fry.

[loskie]

what an odd request but if you do think it's wrong you need the Information Commissioner's Office

[MikeGTi]

You could always raise your concerns internally to whoever wears your company's DPO hat, before reporting it externally.

[simon_harris]

There should be some signage to advise CCTV is in operation, there needs to be a record with the ICO that CCTV is in use and for what purpose and access to historical footage should be restricted to just those that actually require access.

[megaphone]

Live images are not a GDPR issue. Recorded images and how they are stored and accessed are.

[iphonedyou]

Weird thread. What's the issue?

[thebraketester]

Is there anything in your employment contract which prevents you from wearing a balaclava?

[ARHarh]

thebraketester said:

Is there anything in your employment contract which prevents you from wearing a balaclava?

Problem is if your the only one wearing a balaclava they are going to know its you

[simon_harris]

megaphone said:

Live images are not a GDPR issue. Recorded images and how they are stored and accessed are.

this is an important distinction - live isn't an issue - only the historic footage is.

[njw1]

If you can look back at recorded footage surely you can delete it too....