Recording, video surveillance and privacy and data protection restrictions

Abstract

The right to privacy in Article 18.1 CE recognizes the right to be left alone, to have full control of information about or images of oneself. Among the conducts that may invade this private sphere, the recording of images, especially through video surveillance systems, occupies a prominent place. In this case, the right to the protection of personal data of the person being recorded is mainly affected. This essay is devoted to study the limits to image and video surveillance recordings derived from the right to privacy and data protection and the cases in which they are admissible.