Cameras and Railway Security

We are authorized to equip SNCF security officers with body cameras.

Article L2251-4-1 of the French Transport Code authorizes us to equip our security officers with body cameras. Use of these cameras is regulated under Decree No. 2016-1862 of 23 December 2016.

SNCF has a designated data protection officer, who may be reached by email at dpo-sncf@sncf.fr.

We process data from the cameras for three purposes:

  • to prevent incidents when SNCF security officers need to intervene;
  • to gather evidence of violations and prosecute perpetrators;
  • to support Railway Security officer training.

The processing is necessary on the basis of the data controller’s legitimate interest.

The audio-visual data is retained for 1 month, starting from the date it is recorded. It is used solely by individuals responsible for processing it in the course of their duties, and it can be released only to authorities with the legal right to access it.

The cameras are deployed across all Railway Security entities.

All data subjects have the right, within the terms and limits of the law, to ask the data controller for access to their personal data, as well as the right to rectification and erasure, the right to restrict or oppose processing of their data, the right of portability, and the right to issue directives on the handling of their personal data after their death.

You may exercise your rights by providing proof of identity and writing to:
Security Division
Centre Vidéo Sûreté IDF
116 rue de Maubeuge
75010 Paris

If you believe that processing of your data has violated the law, you have the right to submit a claim to the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) or to the controlling authority in the country where you ordinarily reside or work, or where the violation took place.