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Is Your Video Surveillance Legitimate under EU Data Protection Rules?

Emma Flett and Jacqueline Clover discuss how the Court of Justice of the European Union's ruling on the compatibility with EU laws of national legislation allowing the use of CCTV in the common parts of a resident building for safety and security purposes has provided useful guidance for data controllers on assessing whether they can rely on the legitimate interests lawful basis for processing personal data.

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This material was first published by Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ, in Computer and Telecommunications Journal as Is Your Video Surveillance Legitimate under EU Data Protection Rules? [(2020) 26 C.T.L.R., Issue 6] and is reproduced by agreement with the publishers.