Smile, you're on TV!

There's a statistic floating about out there that says we are all recorded on CCTV about 300 times every day. It's a bit of a silly statistic really because obviously much depends on where you live, and what your lifestyle is. You have clearly got a much better chance of being caught on camera if you live in a big city than if you live in some remote country village, and if you are the sort of person who tends to stay at home all day, then it stand to reason that you will rarely if ever be recorded. Nonetheless, this proliferation of CCTV, and the fact that much of it is completely unregulated, is a matter for concern. We've talked about this before, but privacy is important to most of us, and the idea that our movements can be tracked, even though we are doing nothing wrong, is a worry. There is an Information Commissioner who is supposed to safeguard our interests over such matters, but he seems to have little teeth and can do no more than make recommendations, most of which seem to be ignored. I think our private lives need more protection