Data watchdog report finds retailers who share shoplifting footage are breaking law

Retailers’ group RGDATA has called for an urgent review of the application of data protection law as it applies to the use of CCTV for crime prevention purposes.

The call was made following the publication of the Data Protection Commissioners Report for 2015 which confirmed retailers sharing footage of alleged shoplifters are breaking the law.

RGDATA director general Tara Buckley said the use of data protection legislation to prevent retailers from using CCTV to protect their business was alarming.