Science and Technology - Fifth Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 3 February 1998.

CONTENTS

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REPORT
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION	1.1
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words	1.1
Traffic control	1.4
Document imaging	1.6
Overt surveillance using CCTV	1.7
Covert surveillance using CCTV	1.9
Acknowledgements	1.10
CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND	2.1
"So what is special about Digital Images?"	2.1
Altering a digital image	2.5
The need for caution	2.11
But are these concerns real?	2.12
The current law on the use of images as evidence	2.14
Special requirements for admissibility	2.15
CHAPTER 3 DIGITAL IMAGES	3.1
Proving the accuracy and assessing the weight of evidence	3.2
Some implications for handling digital images	3.7
Requiring the original image to be produced to the court	3.10
Excluding the use of digital images as evidence unless specific requirements are met	3.15
Identification in the Criminal Court	3.22
The current need for greater certainty	3.28
Maintaining confidence in the accuracy of the image	3.29
CHAPTER 4 CIVIL LIBERTY IMPLICATIONS	4.1
City Centre Surveillance	4.3
Benefits and Concerns	4.4
Current Controls over the use of CCTV	4.9
Control of public CCTV Images	4.10
Surveillance Coverage	4.12
Control of CCTV in spaces to which the public has free access	4.13
The Data Protection Act	4.15
Data matching	4.18
Conclusion	4.22
CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS	5.1

APPENDIX 1:  Membership of Sub-Committee II

APPENDIX 2:  Call for Evidence

APPENDIX 3:  List of Witnesses

APPENDIX 4:  Acronyms

REFERENCES IN THE TEXT ARE AS FOLLOWS:

  (Q)  refers to a Question in oral evidence

  (p)  refers to a page in HL Paper 64-I of this Session

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