Re: Security Camera recommendations

[Theresa M Rowe <rowe () OAKLAND EDU>]

Before we decided to evaluate NetBotz, we decided we needed a policy approved by legal.

The policy is at:

http://www2.oakland.edu/audit/POLCY674.HTM

When we started this, I got a story from someone who said they put a surveillance camera in the computer room without 
notice.  Purpose:  catch vandelism, theft, that sort of thing.  Evidently caught a couple staff members on a tape, 
after hours, and well, you can guess.  Must have been pretty cold!  But then it was an issue - what to do about it?
Is there a policy against, hmmm, intimacy in the computer room?  Who would enforce it?  Would you notify Human 
Resources?  What if the video started being "shown around"?


We decided we wanted a policy.
Theresa




---- Original message ----
> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:47:42 -0400
> From: Bill Terry <witerry () VASSAR EDU>
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Security Camera recommendations
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
>
> You may want to consider NetBotz which can provide both camera and
> environmental monitoring.
> http://www.guardbotz.com/
>
> One thing to keep in mind are the legal issues, particularly where
> voice is recorded.  Some states consider recording voice with a video
> system the same as recording a telephone conversation.  Some states
> require both parties of a "conversation" to agree to recording; some
> state require only one party in a conversation to agree.
>
> Bill Terry
>
> Director of Networks and Systems
> Computing & Information Services
> Vassar College - Box 13
> 124 Raymond Ave.
> Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
>
>
> At 04:16 PM 5/23/2006, you wrote:
> > Miami University wishes to compile a list of approved IP Security
> > Cameras and recording devices that may be installed on campus.
> > 1.  Can anyone offer advice how to evaluate candidates for such a list.
> > 2.  Has anyone compiled such a list
Theresa Rowe
Assistant Vice President
University Technology Services
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