{"id":134048,"date":"2021-07-31T22:56:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T22:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=134048"},"modified":"2021-07-31T22:56:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T22:56:23","slug":"govt-watchdog-wants-review-of-foreign-cctv-tech-following-hancock-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/govt-watchdog-wants-review-of-foreign-cctv-tech-following-hancock-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt watchdog wants review of foreign CCTV tech following Hancock leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Government watchdog calls for review of the use of foreign CCTV technology in Whitehall after a video of Matt Hancock clinch with Gina Coladangelo was leaked<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Requested in letter from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fraser Sampson said \u2018risks and considerations are complex and multi-faceted\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>False claims blamed leak of Hancock clip on hostile foreign power such as China\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Government watchdog has called for a review into the use of foreign technology in Whitehall\u2019s CCTV systems following the Matt Hancock \u2018Gropegate\u2019 scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Fraser Sampson, the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, has written to Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove, stating: \u2018There is a pressing need to clarify the Government\u2019s position on the risks and considerations arising from the extra-territorial ownership of surveillance camera capabilities operating within the United Kingdom.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The affair of former Health Secretary Mr Hancock with his aide Gina Coladangelo was revealed in June, after footage of them embracing taken by a camera in his office was leaked to the press.<\/p>\n<p>It led to false claims that he had fallen victim to a sting executed by a hostile foreign power such as China or Russia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/06\/28\/01\/44751619-9731451-image-a-43_1624840274408.jpg\" height=\"673\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Images and video showed Mr Hancock in an embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo inside his private office<\/p>\n<p>Citing \u2018widespread public comment on the circumstances preceding the resignation of the Secretary of State for Health\u2019, Mr Sampson warned \u2018the risks and considerations in this field are complex and multi-faceted\u2019, adding: \u2018The proliferation of surveillance camera systems and advances in the attendant technologies possibly represent a new manifestation of an enduring risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The impact on people\u2019s lives engaged by the risks and considerations is not confined entirely to matters of personal data and extends to areas such as the so-called \u201cchilling effect\u201d on the extent to which people feel able to hold and express opinions, meet each other and demonstrate peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018These are elemental constitutional entitlements which also need to be considered in light of the perceived risks of non-UK owned and operated surveillance systems.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He said the Hancock case and the Government\u2019s decision to restrict the access of Chinese firm Huawei to the 5G network presented an \u2018irresistible opportunity to address the risks and considerations\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9847829\/Government-watchdog-calls-review-foreign-CCTV-technology-Whitehall-Matt-Hancock-leak.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government watchdog calls for review of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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