Residential burglary
Residential burglaries, along with violence, street robberies and assaults, are among the so-called "high impact crimes. These crimes greatly infringe on people's privacy and sense of security and on victims of these crimes.
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A residential burglary affects your security. The feeling of no longer being safe in your own home together with the taking away of belongings makes that at the municipality of Opsterland the topic of residential burglaries is (again) very high on the list.
The municipality's goal is to reduce the number of residential burglaries by taking measures to prevent residential burglaries.
Prevent burglary, take action
You can take measures yourself to try to prevent residential burglary:
Place a camera
You may hang a camera near your home to protect your property if you follow the rules governing it. These are in the Personal Data Protection Act.
Therefore, set the cameras only on your own property and grounds. You are not allowed to point them on public roads or on other people's property and grounds. Because then you are invading someone else's privacy.
Register your camera with 'Camera in Picture'
The police use a database "Camera in Picture," which lists registered private and government cameras on a Map . This gives them an overview of where which cameras are hanging and where recordings can be requested. If necessary, the police will contact the owner of those cameras to solve more incidents faster.You register your camera via the police website.
Your privacy is being invaded. What can you do?
So your neighbor may simply film his own home. But if he has pointed the camera at your home or garden, he is violating the AVG (General Data Protection Regulation). What can you do then?
- Talk to your neighbor first.
- If that does not produce the desired result, ask your neighborhood police officer to mediate.
- If you still can't figure it out, report it to the Personal Data Authority.
In extreme cases, you can go to court. To do so, seek advice from the legal desk at www.juridischloket.nl
Personal Data Authority
Not the municipality or police, but the "Personal Data Authority" oversees privacy laws.
For more information, visit: www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl
