In theory, it is permissible to hang CCTV cameras on every street corner because there is no reasonable expectation of privacy on a public street. That does not mean that the populace won't feel unease about chronic surveillance. Evidently, Britain is largely okay with it. As far as the US is concerned, is it constitutional? Yes. Would it pass muster Stateside? Probably not anymore.

One of the great end-runs around the Fourth Amendment was a readjustment of what constituted a "reasonable expectation of privacy". By making sure the word was out that programs like Carnivore were scanning all emails and that warrantless wiretaps of phone calls were taking place, the expectation of privacy was eroded.

I don't know if Britain has a similar Bill of Rights as here. And, in the US circa 2002, I could easily see CCTV cameras being installed in classrooms. We have them all over NYC, including on subway platforms and in some city buses. If you are in public, you are probably being watched and it's perfectly constitutional.

Finally, a little less on the histrionics. I'm a firm believer in the "No, thank you" approach to searches whether by the police or store security. But throwing tantrums doesn't help anyone. CCTV cameras aren't a human rights violation; it's a manifestation of the evolution of privacy in our modern age.

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i was being facetious, einstein.

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oh and one doesn't "get" a class, one attends a class, or enrolls therein.

i don't normally zing so low, but a misplaced dis regarding reading and comprehension itself containing grammatical errors... it's too much to pass up.

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Edit Button plz?!

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