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A privacy expert says the developments of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) may increase the misuse of the technology.
CCTV cameras are widely used privately and publicly, and while some say it gives an added sense of security, others consider it an invasion of privacy.
Questions are being raised over who controls the footage, where it ends up and whether it encroaches on our privacy.
Privacy lawyer John Edwards says users of CCTV are so far behaving responsibly, "but as technology develops, we are seeing things which can transform the usability of that."
"The possibility of misuse expands with expanding technology and we do need to be conscious of this and monitor the developments."
Edwards says currently there are no specific laws on how CCTV cameras are operated, that they are just one of many technologies regulated under the general Privacy Act.
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