CCTV privacy impact assessments

CCTV throughout North Somerset undergoes an annual privacy impact assessment. The assessment makes sure that CCTV systems are being operated in accordance with the current legislation surrounding data protection. We also make sure they remain fit for the original purpose for which they were installed.

A Data Protection Privacy Assessment on all public space surveillance cameras was carried out on 2 January 2026.

The assessment determined:

• all public space CCTV cameras were assessed as fulfilling their original purpose and as detailed in the CCTV System Code of Practice (details on this page)
• one 4G deployable camera (Brompton Road) was not fulfilling its intended purpose (only three recorded incidents in 2025) and moved to Moorland Road
• two 4G deployable cameras were decommissioned - Old Junction Road and Baker Street

There were no complaints regarding the system since the last assessment on 15 January 2025.

Full details of the assessments can be viewed on request.