For those of you who have a domestic CCTV system installed around your home it is important that you take a look at the most recent guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office. In essence a domestic CCTV system will be exempt from the Data Protection Act (DPA) unless your camera covers,…

Things have quietened down a little on the Crime Prevention Website as people go off on their well-earned holidays. It's easy to tell it's summertime (in spite of the weather), because although visitor numbers have tailed off the proportion of visitors that go to the Holiday Security Checklist…

Just to let you know that Newsletter 16 should be sent out on Monday 3 August to our subscriber list, which is fast approaching the 1,000 mark! This issue brings your attention to a large number of new advice pages on the site plus exciting news about new members of our Products and Services…

Some of you may have seen this study being aired on SKY News this morning. If you didn't here's a link to today's Independent for a fuller account. The Independent's first couple of paragraphs tell us that: ‘Turning street lights off late at night to save money does not seem to trigger an…

A Facebook user by the name of David Smith recently shared this useful account, which is a warning for us all! I received a phone call from BT, informing me that he was disconnecting me because of an unpaid bill. He demanded payment immediately of £31.00 or it would be £118.00 to…

Although this website is ostensibly about the many physical things in life that affect our home and personal security (window locks, burglars and thing that go bump in the night) I could see no reason not to include a small reference to buying things securely online. Once I'd gathered all the info…