CCTV use in public toilets under investigation

The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the controversial use of CCTV cameras in Marsaxlokk’s public toilets.
Sources within the office of the Data Protection Commissioner said the matter was being looked into after a video, recorded from surveillance cameras, was uploaded onto social media by Marsaxlokk mayor Horace Gauci.
The cameras, pointed at the urinals in a men’s public latrine, captured the moment a man smashed two toilet roll holders. When the footage was uploaded to Mr Gauci’s Facebook wall, it sparked a storm of criticism.
“There shouldn’t be cameras pointed at you when you are using the bathroom, it’s not decent,” one Marsaxlokk resident wrote.
It would appear that the commission was inclined to agree with the resident, as the sources there described the use of cameras pointed at urinals as “excessive”.

The southern town, however, is not alone in its contentious use of surveillance equipment in public toilets.
Government figures compiled on the back of a request by this newspaper show there are actually 14 cameras currently monitoring public toilets across seven localities. The majority of these are inside the bathrooms themselves.
The commission sources...