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Practical, plain-English guides for security teams, committees and facility managers at large Indian sites.
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The DPDP Act and CCTV: what housing societies and large campuses need to know
Key dates, notice and signage, purpose, retention, access requests, security safeguards and vendor contracts, with the open questions flagged.
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How to investigate a vehicle incident on your site, step by step
Secure footage first, check the gate register and recorder clocks, trace camera by camera, document everything and know when to call the police.
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Security guard SOPs for the gate and the CCTV control room
Shift handover, camera health checks, visitor vehicles, alerts, escalation and privacy do's and don'ts, ready to adapt and print.
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Choosing CCTV analytics or ANPR software: a buyer's checklist
Questions to ask vendors, how to test on your own footage (including night and IR), accountability features, data location, pilots and total cost.
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How long should you keep CCTV and number plate data?
Why shorter retention is safer, the one-year question in the DPDP Rules, holds for open incidents, purging, audit logs and a policy outline.
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Handing CCTV evidence to police: Section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam
What Section 63 BSA asks for: the Part A and Part B certificate, hash values such as SHA-256, keeping copies, chain of custody and what to record.