CCTV Privacy Notice

Albanvale Primary School has decided to install a closed-circuit television (CCTV) system at our school.
This Privacy Notice outlines how the CCTV system will be used, including the use and disclosure of any footage produced by the CCTV system so as to be consistent with Victorian privacy law.

Need for CCTV
Our school has an obligation to ensure the school environment is safe and secure, and fulfil our duty of care to students, staff and visitors. The CCTV system assists our school to fulfil these obligations and to prevent and manage other inappropriate behaviour on school grounds. CCTV also provides enhanced capability to protect our school’s assets against vandalism and theft.

Use of CCTV
Consistent with our school’s obligations set out above, our school may use CCTV cameras to:
• prevent, support and verify incidents involving
o criminal behaviour – of anyone on school grounds
o staff misconduct
o other inappropriate behaviour – including of students, staff, visitors or members of the public. For example, this means the school may use CCTV footage of incidents to help inform decisions about student management
• verify and investigate other incidents involving students, staff and visitors (for example incidents in which a person has sustained injury, loss or damage on school premises)
• to provide the Department with visual coverage during emergencies.
In limited circumstances live CCTV footage may also be viewed by our school or Department staff. For more information please refer to the Department’s policy: CCTV in Schools – Installation and Management (CCTV Policy).
CCTV cameras are NOT

• located in private areas such as toilets, changing rooms, dressing rooms, showers, or other areas where individual privacy is paramount
• used to monitor student or staff work performance
• hidden or covert, except in limited circumstances and in accordance with the Department’s CCTV policy.
Location of CCTV cameras in our school
In our school, CCTV cameras are located in:
• school entrances
• ovals
• playgrounds
A notice is located at the school’s entrances, which alerts people to the presence of cameras and this CCTV Privacy Notice.