Security company surveillance and privacy policy

Privacy in Intelligence Gathering and Surveillance

Present scenario: • You owner a security company specializes physical personal protection. You creating operations plan company. Prepare a word security management plan. Using scenario, address area include components: • Create a company policy address issues concerns privacy intelligence gathering surveillance (ONLY discuss topic NOT provide introduction conclusion).

Policy Objective

The policy's objective is to ensure that deployment of surveillance equipment is in a manner to guarantee the safety, security and any other benefits for their use. The deployment shall at all times ensure that individual rights to privacy are not infringed.

Underlying Principles

The company undertakes to be responsible for contracting clients' property safety, the safety of the visitor and employees. Intelligence gathering will at all times be carried out conscious of the need to protect the information from leaking out and the need for privacy for individuals.

Factor to consider when deciding on intelligence and surveillance equipment

The use of surveillance and intelligence gathering measure will be justified by, the type of information sought, safety and security needs of the client. Video surveillance may be considered where there is a need for monitoring security and safety of individuals and their property. This type of surveillance should ensure that, the individual's privacy is not intruded neither does the information on the individual leak out to the public. The authority to adjust surveillance equipment or operations shall remain the responsibility of the authorized senior personnel of the Security Company. This will guarantee that the security, safety and privacy of the client are not compromised while they are under our protection.

To further guarantee individual's privacy, an assessment of the effects the proposed surveillance will have upon the individual will be made. This assessment shall consider and guide the best measure to guarantee the individual's privacy as well as a measure to ensure desirable security. Information gathering through surveillance shall at all times be in line with the laws concerning surveillance and shall not at any one time be compromised. This is because if such information is to be used in any criminal or civil court proceeding they will need to be in accordance with the law (Parenti, 2003).

Every reasonable procedure shall be followed in regards to information safe keeping and sharing. The authority to access and distribute intelligence on clients shall remain with the authorized personnel. This ensures that client information does not leak to outside parties and the privacy of the individual remains in the custody of the company (Parenti, 2003).