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Video surveillance is a substantial threat to the privacy of individuals in the workplace. While it may initially be installed for limited purposes, it has the potential to intrude into virtually every aspect of an employee's conduct within the workplace. As with other methods of information collection and surveillance, video cameras should only be operated in accord with privacy principles. Recent complaints to the Privacy Committee suggest that many of these principles are not being observed by employers, and that privacy invasions are becoming more widespread as cameras are installed secretly or without consultation, or because there are lax standards over their operation and the use of tapes. As many submissions to the Privacy Committee's Inquiry remarked, there is a need to undertake measures to ensure that methods of workplace surveillance do not intrude unreasonably upon the privacy of employees.