Tuesday 9 February, 2010

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How do you feel about being filmed by people you can't see? We spoke to some Londoners to hear their views.


Questions for the Metropolitan Police

On 21 May, 2009 the Court of Appeal ruled that specialist surveillance units from the Metropolitan police had breached the human rights of Andrew Wood, an arms trade campaigner, when they photographed him in 2005 and stored the pictures on a police database.

  • Will the Met now delete the thousands of pictures of innocent protesters they have in their database?
  • Will the Met stop having the Forward Intelligence Team (specialist police cameramen) taking pictures of protesters?
  • What happens to the pictures once they are taken? How are they stored and who has access to them?

If you have a question for the Met, email it to campaign@londonfile.org (Write ‘Questions for’ in subject line)