Hartlepool Mail Letter of the week: 'Too many security cameras watch our every move'

Are there too many cameras in the Hartlepool area?

Some shops use every surveillance technique to intrude into our live.

Are we the most spied, filmed and recorded country in the world?

We are drawing ever closer to George Orwell’s chilling 1984 predictions as we sleepwalk into an unregulated uncontrollable surveillance state.

Last week's Letter of the week: 'Hartlepool school needs safety barriers outside'Every time we leave our homes,we are recorded a few hundred times a day on CCTV in the streets and in public and commercial buildings.

A balance has to be struck between security concerns and privacy safeguards, but the pendulum has swung too far to favour state and commercial invasion of our privacy.

Related content: CCTV set to be installed in parks across Hartlepool to combat anti-social behaviour The data protection act is not strong enough to defend and protect our privacy.

We urgently need a new constitutional right to protect us from unreasonable surveillance.

So the next time you leave your house take a look upwards to see if you can spot a CCTV camera that is watching our every move.

Scott Andrews.