CCTV PolicyForest - At our Forest site, we use CCTV systems to monitor the outside of the building, the garden, and within the nursery.
Nature – At our Nature site, we use CCTV systems to monitor the main hall within the nursery. Beach – At our Beach site, we use CCTV systems to monitor the main entrance and the main hall. Wild Monkeys uses CCTV for the legitimate interests of safeguarding children, protecting staff, preventing crime, investigating incidents, and ensuring the security of the premises. CCTV footage is processed in accordance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Monitoring The CCTV system is accessible from the manager’s smartphone and computer. These are both password-protected and are only used by the manager or a nominated individual. Footage is only accessed when necessary. Access Access to live or recorded footage will be restricted to authorised personnel who have a legitimate business or safeguarding reason to view it. The Manager and Owner are the only staff members who are routinely permitted to access live or recorded footage alone. Other staff members nominated by the Manager may be permitted to access footage on their behalf, for example administrative staff. Other staff members may view footage as necessary for events or incidents in which they are involved. In this case, they will always be accompanied by a manager or deputy manager. Data Storage & Control A record will be kept whenever CCTV footage is accessed, downloaded, copied or shared, including the date, reason for access and the person authorising the access. The installed CCTV system will store up to 14 days worth of 24/7 footage on a hard drive. This hard drive will be kept in the setting. Access to the hard drive will be restricted in accordance with the above rules on access. The Ring CCTV system will store up to 30 days worth of footage. This is stored in the cloud and managed by Ring. It can only be accessed by logging into the owner’s Ring account, which is password-protected. If necessary, the police or organisations such as Ofsted may request information in order to help with an ongoing investigation. We will provide footage where we are legally required to do so. We will NOT:
Exceptions may apply where legally required – for example, if we provided footage to law enforcement, which was then shared by law enforcement as part of their investigation. Further information about how we handle personal data and our compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be found in our Data Protection Policy and our Privacy Notice. Subject Access Requests Under the terms of the GDPR, individuals have a right to request data held about them. If you wish to view footage of yourself, please follow the procedure outlined in our Privacy Notice and our Data Protection Policy. Please be aware that we may not be able to provide footage which includes other people or other people’s children.
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