Video camera acceptance

For a good year now, everyday life for most people has been characterized by a lot of time spent at home, while the public sphere has been avoided more. The Corona pandemic has also created new challenges in living together in cities. It's all about hygiene and distance rules. According to a survey by Dutch market research company Multiscope, commissioned by Axis Communications, only 31 percent of respondents feel safe enough in public spaces that they would dare approach people who do not observe hygiene and distance rules. Only about a third of the population would be willing to approach a passerby about not following the Corona rules, another third undecided and a third not daring to do so.

Video camera to raise awareness on corona measures

Against this background, it is not surprising that about 40 percent of the Swiss respondents advocate technologies such as video cameras and audio applications, which could help with covid compliance. The study also showed that one-third of the population is willing to share personal data to ensure safety in public places; in Germany, the figure is as high as 44 percent of respondents. However, responsible and secure handling of image data and reliable data protection through video cameras are also central to trust in the technologies.

However, just over a third of the Swiss also consider video cameras to be an invasion of privacy. This means that the Swiss are the most skeptical about the use of cameras compared with five other countries surveyed. In the Netherlands, for example, only 18 percent of the population see the use of video cameras as an invasion of privacy.

In Switzerland, half of the respondents would like to see additional camera surveillance, especially at events. When it comes to the use of body cams on officers, 68 percent of survey participants think they make life easier for security officers at major events.

Source: Multiscope/Axis Communications