Photo: DPAAfter a marathon sitting lasting the whole week, the German parliament (Bundestag) agreed upon a law on Friday that will relax restrictions on video surveillance in shops, stadiums and stations. The law, drafted in response to a series of violent crimes in 2016, several attached to terror group Isis, will make it easier for private companies to install CCTV. Specifically mentioned in the law as places where CCTV will become more prevalent are shopping centres, the area in front of football stadiums, and parking lots. But the opposition claimed that they constituted a massive intrusion on constitutional rights while offering no real security benefits. But recent experience with CCTV, for example in Berlin’s metro system, has demonstrated an impact on reducing violent crime.

Source: The Local March 10, 2017 14:48 UTC