How long do businesses usually keep the survellience tapes ?

Answer 1

So, you stole something huh? You better not go back for a long time!

Answer 2

I was a manager at a retail store. The store had an awsome inexpensive security system that stored all auditing veiws for as long as the store had that security system.All you had to do is go back to whatever date you needed to veiw ,then there was a time scale you could click on to veiw a certain time of that particular day. If you know what you are doing,theres way to edit the time frames and delete certain scenes to make it look like one tape was running out and the other tape is coming on.Most businesses use fake cameras,just the idea of getting caught sends them to another store!

Answer 3

Some places I worked had 31 tapes, one for each day of the month. So if a customer complained about a cashier's attitude 15 days prior, they could pull tape #15, and review it. Of course some places could only use one over and over again. There is no definitive answer.

Answer 4

Retention regulations remember on your on line business. in case you like a suggestion: a million. If the video feed is analog, have the tapes switched over to digital. 2. Burn all video clips to DVD's. 3. Make distinctive copies for on and stale internet site. 4. save at them for a minimum of a 365 days.

Answer 5

I know my old company used to keep tapes for a couple of weeks. We had a few problems that later, when we reviewed a tape that was a week or so old, they actually helped us on the situation. We made sure that we kept the tapes off premises so incase of a fire or break-in, that they weren't in harms way.

Answer 6

Forever! Or at least until they find what they are looking for. Why, what did you do?