In this article that i found, it gives you some type of history on how video surveillance became about. It gives you what rights you have, as well as what they can do with the surveillance that they just taped. What i thought was interesting was:
A person traveling in an automobile on public thoroughfares has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his movements from one place to another. When [an individual] traveled over the public streets he voluntarily conveyed to anyone who wanted to look the fact that he was traveling over particular roads in a particular direction, and the fact of his final destination when he exited from public roads onto private property.
This is a different side of the surveillance cameras, and if you think about it this way, then its true. Technically, if you are walking down the street, then you are in the pubic eye, and you are giving all your rights up, because at the end of the day, everyone can see your actions. You are not in a private property, hiding from everyone, but you are actually giving up that right when you step out in the public.
The article also gives us information on how different countries such as England, and France use the surveillance system to make sure everyone is okay. It also has different cases and charts, and lets you know what type of surveillance was implemented and how effective it was. For the most part, having that type of video surveillance did something positive for the community, either crimes being lowered, or local business benefiting from them.
-Armenis P.
