Churches now must switch off CCTV cameras during service as prayers should be private, a consistory court has recently ruled, a ruling believed to be the first made on the ethics of CCTV in church.
Law and Religion UK writes:
Churches have been encouraged to install Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) as an aid to the security of their contents and personnel, and in relation to hate crime and terrorist threats. Until recently, the church courts’ considerations of the installation of audio-visual equipment within a church have been restricted to petitions concerning projectors, screens, &c. However, a recent judgment in the diocese of Canterbury has addressed the use and storage of CCTV footage, data protection, and recommended what criteria might be adopted in the future.
See the article in The Telegraph
