CCTV Systems and London Crime

Following on from the television revelations that CCTV footage was instrumental in the conviction of Levi Bellfield for the murders of Millie Dowler, Amelia Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell, the Metropolitan Police’s DCI Mick Neville, who is responsible for co-ordinating their Video ID (VIDO) teams, also revealed recently that the Met continues to lead the world in catching criminals caught on camera. He continued: ‘Our systems ensure that offenders captured on CCTV can fear being brought to justice for their actions.’ (more…)

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Insurance Premiums To Rise For Social Media Users?

Gareth Kloet, head of home insurance at Confused.com, the price comparison site, has warned that insurance companies may start increasing premiums for Facebook and Twitter users after a burglary ring in Nashua, New Hampshire in the US targeted people who used the geolocation features of Facebook, which alerted the criminals that their homes were empty.

Whilst Facebook have claimed that only one of the homes involved had any link, for those who check in using the Places facility, it certainly does pose something of a risk and Mr Kloet suggests that it would not be surprising to see ‘rises of up to 10% for social media users in the future.’

Many of us are guilty of giving potential felons an awful lot of personal information about our whereabouts in our status updates and checkins, coupled with images of the various rooms in our homes and their contents from our existing photo albums. (more…)

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