Fitting Security Systems

[pcboffinuk]

Mate of mine has a camara at looks at the driveway and it sees the pavement and a bit of the road as well ,not sure whether the PIR covers all that area though

I looked into this when some g!t nicked my sat nav by breaking the drivers window of my car on my front drive.

As I currently understand it, you do NOT need to put up warning notices or register under Data Protection Laws as long as the cameras are focused on your property, and cannot be remotely controlled or zoomed in.

I imagine there is a bit of a grey area where drives meet pavement, but unless you have a fence there is no way of not capturing the public highway in the background and I doubt it creates a major issue.


http://www.cctv-information.co.uk/dataprot/dpacctv.html

and

http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/CCTV_dpa1998.asp

have some useful information which seems to be up to date.

......I'm guessing that rigging cctv to spy on nubile neighbours is probably frowned upon though

 

[kendor]

surely the DPA would only cover recorded material? If the tapes are wiped each day and not held for any length of period then would it be classified as stored information in regards compliance with the DPA?

 

[JohnW2]

I think starting part-time while you finish your qualifications is a sensible approach. The legal side really depends on where you're based, as security system installation rules can vary. I'd also spend some time reading about data loss prevention, since protecting customer data is becoming just as important as the physical installation. Which country are you planning to operate in?

Welcome to the forum.

Probably sensible advice, but you're over 20 years late in giving it

 

[sparkymarka]

lol

 

[securespark]

Quite a few of us here have done it...me included...

 

[JohnW2]

Quite a few of us here have done it...me included...

Indeed - certainly including me (a good few times!) As I always say, I blame the list of "Similar Threads' at the bottom of the page!

 

[flameport]

AmandaLarson is an AI bot posting spam links into the quoted replies, and it's not the only one.

 

[JohnW2]

AmandaLarson is an AI bot posting spam links into the quoted replies, and it's not the only one.

As a matter of interest, how do you know that?

He/she/it does not seem to have posted any 'spam links' in the message above.

 

[flameport]

Expand the quoted reply, and look at the bottom under 'Many thanks in advance'.

Link concealed there in transparent text.

 

[flameport]

Two more examples at the end of this ancient thread: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/indian-sandstone.655966/#post-6281143
Spam casino links are in the quoted replies, not in the text which was added as a reply.

 

[JohnW2]

Expand the quoted reply, and look at the bottom under 'Many thanks in advance'. .... Link concealed there in transparent text.

Interesting. Thanks.

But what's the point? Since the link is invisble, and within quoted material, how is anyone going to end up clicking on it?

 

[flameport]

The point is - reputable forum, someone replies about some topic, a link exists to some other site - therefore certain search engines and similar will classify the linked to site as credible.

Repeat a few 100s of times on many forums/sites and the result is that the linked to site gets shoved near the top of search results.
AI doing the posts just makes it far easier and cheaper than it ever was.

Actual people seeing or clicking on the link in all of the spam postings changes nothing, and was never the intent.

 

[JohnW2]

The point is - reputable forum, someone replies about some topic, a link exists to some other site - therefore certain search engines and similar will classify the linked to site as credible. ... Repeat a few 100s of times on many forums/sites and the result is that the linked to site gets shoved near the top of search results.

Ah, I see - thanks. Quite 'clever', I suppose - although, as always, I would seriously question the "I" of "AI"!