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The use of dashboard-mounted CCTV systems - Dash Cams – has increased in recent years as devices have become more affordable and of higher quality. Reasons for installing a Dash Cam in a vehicle appear to range from mitigating personal security concerns to having a means to establish liability in the event of an accident. Today, insurance companies are offering discounts on policies to drivers who purchase a Dash Cam (whether they install/use it, or not). Dash Cams can be outward-only facing and record video of the road ahead. Equally, versions exist that record both audio and video, and that record both inside the vehicle and the road outside. Clearly, where both video and/or audio of individuals in a vehicle (typically a taxi or bus) is recorded, or where video of a road user captured by an outward-facing Dash Cam is recorded, data protection implications may arise and it is important that drivers who install Dash Cams understand their obligations under data protection legislation.
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