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'Monitoring and surveillance of employees and customers by big business is now commonplace. It's increasingly a feature of our daily lives, because businesses have found that it makes good business... sense. But is corporate snooping out of control? In Britain, we are all familiar with the CCTV cameras that have sprung up across our city centres and transport networks. We generally accept that they are there to counter crime and help monitor traffic flows on our busy roads. But how many of us realise that when we travel about, each of us is captured, on average, 300 times a day on CCTV, and should we be concerned? Of course, if we look up, we can see the CCTV cameras. We know they're there. But are they just the visible tip of a much larger and more deep-rooted surveillance society?'
'Monitoring and surveillance of employees and customers by big business is now commonplace. It's increasingly a feature of our daily lives, because businesses have found that it makes good business... sense. But is corporate snooping out of control? In Britain, we are all familiar with the CCTV cameras that have sprung up across our city centres and transport networks. We generally accept that they are there to counter crime and help monitor traffic flows on our busy roads. But how many of us realise that when we travel about, each of us is captured, on average, 300 times a day on CCTV, and should we be concerned? Of course, if we look up, we can see the CCTV cameras. We know they're there. But are they just the visible tip of a much larger and more deep-rooted surveillance society?'
| Series: | The Money Programme |
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| First transmission date: | 07-05-2006 |
| Published: | 2006 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:29:01 |
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| Director: | Martin Small |
| Producer: | Martin Small |
| Presenter: | Max Flint |
| Contributors: | Kirstie Ball; Hugh Bennett; Mike Brown; Simon Davies; Joseph Feldman; Max Flint; Jo Van Galen; Eddie gaudie; Rufus Grig; Paul Maloney; Christopher McDermott; Albrecht Von Truchess |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/money/ |
| Subject terms: | Closed-circuit television; Electronic surveillance; Privacy, Right of |
| Production number: | JOUA460Y |
| Videofinder number: | 7255 |
| Available to public: | no |
