Video surveillance can serve to protect against and to investigate criminal offences, for example:
Preventive measures are generally implemented through open video surveillance, whereas investigative measures are more often carried out through covert video surveillance.
Video surveillance in Germany is generally a sensitive issue. Violations of data protection and unlawful infringements of the personal rights of those being filmed can quickly turn the benefits of video surveillance into the opposite. Before installing video technology, you should therefore seek advice from trained specialists such as the security experts of the Kurtz Detective Agency. Surveillance of public spaces, for example, generally constitutes a legal violation. Evidence obtained in this way will not be admitted in court and is effectively useless – the evidence exists, the perpetrator is identified, and yet a conviction cannot be achieved. To avoid such setbacks, contact the security experts of our Bugging Countermeasures and Eavesdropping Protection department regarding video surveillance.
The use of covert video surveillance systems is only permissible under certain conditions: