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Unless the law's changed, this simply isn't true. CCTV footage, for the purposes of the Data Protection Act, is the same as any other personal information a public or private body holds about individuals - just like the details they might keep about you on a database. Under the provisions of the act, you have the right to view this data and they cannot refuse (except in exceptional circumstances). You have to write to the data manager requesting the footage from a particular camera at a particular time on a particular day and they have to provide it, subject to a "reasonable" administrative charge (probably the £50 Lambeth fleeced Pisti for). This is how it's supposed to work, at least. Of course most companies/bodies don't keep the data for very long, which is why you need to request it quickly.