Big Brother style CCTV Cameras now showing at cinemas

Odeon cinemas across the country have installed CCTV cameras costing £30,000 in each screen to monitor the audience by the staff in the foyer.  There are nine cinemas in major cities quipped with CCTV cameras including Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London. The company plans to installed more cameras in the newly built cinemas.

As a reaction to this the human rights groups and cinema lovers have expressed concerns over this action as an invasion into the audience’s privacy. The civil liberties campaign group (Liberty) has called for the awareness amongst the audiences to carry out by Odeon.

This step will allow the movies lover to choose between a big brother environment and somewhere else.
Odeon say that the CCTV cameras are being installed to allow staff to monitor audience behavior and keep a check on crime and all the footage will be destroyed after 31 days. Only suspicious footage will be preserved for action as evidence.

A spokesperson for Odeon said: “Odeon is committed to providing the safest and most enjoyable experience possible for its guests and therefore install CCTV systems in-screen in cinemas where it is deemed necessary. The camera system and subsequent footage is solely for the safety and security of guests.”

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2448829/CCTV-Cameras-installed-in-cinemas.html