Experiences of accessing CCTV data: The urban topologies of subject access requests

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2885-2900

  Spiller, Keith ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCTV; intensive relations; power; privacy; subject access request; topologies; urban spaces

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; TOPOLOGY; URBAN AREA; VIDEOGRAPHY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84986186104     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015597640     Document Type: Article

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