“I'll be watching you”: Awareness, consent, compliance and accountability in video surveillance

This paper reports on-going, citizen-focussed research that seeks to a) understand what people know, and want to know, about the video surveillance they encounter; b) highlight the widespread privacy non-compliance of private sector video surveillance operators; and c) develop the means for citizens to hold surveillant organizations to public account. It combines in situ interviews, participatory design workshops and smartphone app development for probing surveillance practices while empowering concerned individuals to act collaboratively in better regulating video surveillance.