Some notes for the seminar

1- The closed-circuit television:


* The CCTV images is a form of surveillance that provide evidence for the police and lead to the arrest of criminals.

* When a crime takes place, officers have to walk the route involved identifying cameras and hoping to sequester evidence.

* A director of security solutions at british defense contractor said that London neds to move from the after-the event- analysis to the after- the event- anticipation.

* This technology is called The real time video analysis and it's in use at New Jersey.

* London is one of the most surveilled zone in the world, and spend over 3 quarters of the budget of the home office crime prevention to fund the introduction of CCTV system in public places.

* A governement report claims that CCTV are of little help in the fight against crimes.

* Privacy international believes this current situation with CCTV is dangerous and unacceptable. Surveillance should not be conducted without legal protection.


2- DNA database:


* The Britain stores the most extensive DNA database on its population in the world.

* One in four men could be soon included on the national database.

* The database has been estabilished with a little or no public consultation but over the past ten years has collected DNA profiles on more than 3.5 million people.

* The database increase at the rate of 40.000 profiles a month.

* Everyone who has ever been arested by the police, even if he is not charged, is obliged to provide DNA sample for the national database.