Northern Audits Is A Liar

Northern Audits turns up at businesses uninvited and points his camera at buildings and staff. When asked why, he lies.
Footage is copyright of Northern Audits, used here under fair dealing.
Northern Audits’ footage (“You wait here! You'll get the Director in a minute if you carry on. Not allowed to film.”):
• You wait here! You'll ...
Northern Audits KZbin Channel:
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Regulation 5(2) of The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001:
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2...
Section 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988:
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...
Article 4 of the UK GDPR:
gdpr-info.eu/art-4-gdpr/
Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986:
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...
Part 5 of Schedule 2 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (Special Purposes Exemption):
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...
Recital 18 of the UK GDPR (Domestic Purposes Exemption):
www.privacy-regulation.eu/en/...
Article 13 of the UK GDPR:
gdpr-info.eu/art-13-gdpr/
Article 21 of the UK GDPR:
gdpr-info.eu/art-21-gdpr/
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[@rokketron]

Jealousy gets you nowhere! Find your own niche content and don't rely on others.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

Why do you think I'm jealous? Who am I jealous of? Are you saying that anybody who uses fair dealt content to expose wrong-doing is jealous of the wrong-doer? I've just looked at your channel. Would you like a stranger wearing a mask to come up to you or your spouse or one of your children and start filming you constantly? What if he intended to broadcast the footage but lied to you and told you it was for his own private use? If such a person turned up at your workplace or lorry, wouldn't you ask him what he's doing? Wouldn't you expect the individual to be honest and tell you if the footage is to be broadcast on a major social media platform? Don't you feel a bit guilty about using the abuse and humiliation of others for your own gratification? Would you like to be treated like that? If you think what he does is so good and admirable, why don't you carry out the same activity on your own channel and see what reception you receive?

[@streetvideoreviewer]

Interesting that I've not received a response from you, @rokketron. You've gone silent. People like you always do when the tables are turned on you and you are asked to stand in another person's shoes.

[@williamgeorgefraser]

They should just ignore these morons. If necessary, send out someone to photograph them but don't engage in conversation. If they get no reaction then they will have no reason to do what they do. They are parasites and need a host to supply them with nutrient. What would the situation be if he flew his drone over the site at the same time employees were to fly one or several drones as part of their job? Could he be charged with interfering in their operations? Could he be sued by the company for interfering with operations on their premises? I don't suppose this is something any of them has looked into.

[@s.wilson5675]

I blame the companies for not training their staff on how to deal with the public when representing the company; suspicious activity or otherwise.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

This is a factor in it all, yes. It doesn't excuse what auditors are doing, though.

[@TheLowerIntestine]

"Auditors" are not the public. They are oddballs and Id always assume they are "casing the joint" until proven otherwise.

[@meichong8278]

SVR Well done an excellent " audit " of auditors and their true intentions ..

[@keithnicholson4658]

I have tried reporting the channel user for filming persons on private property without permissions & not attempting to blur out there faces so this a privacy issue & should not be uploaded to KZbin..... i not had any reply from KZbin yet

[@aidy6000]

Glad you're shining a light on these divs

[@speedtriplerider7853]

I used to enjoy watching these auditors until I found your critiques and now I have started to despise them especially since you have pointed out that the employees are actually victims and have their own rights and sensibilities

[@speedtriplerider7853]

@@apk74 nowt like starting off your comment with an insult so i'll ignore the rest of it

[@speedtriplerider7853]

@@apk74 labelling my initial comment as 'utter rubbish' is clearly an insult. suggesting that i am a a 'snowflake' is a further insult and asserting that i am offended by 'absolutely anything' is somewhat presumptive ain't it? it seems to me that you are a person of limited intellect whose arguments, such as they are, are based soley on ad hominems - prove me wrong if you can

[@speedtriplerider7853]

@@apk74 you have missed my point i think and i really don't think i have contradicted myself, calling my comment utter rubbish is by extension insulting the person who made it - you are entitled to your opinion about the activities of the 'auditors' and the interaction with those who approach them - i don't agree with you but i respect your opinion - i would never label your comments as utter rubbish because in my mind this would be an insult to you. why do you feel it is your role to tell me to 'stop trying to be offended by everything and everyone'? at the end of the day i couldn't give a flying fuck what you say - as my late granddad used to say 'never care about what a fool says' - on that note, have a nice day

[@mdmoore100]

The analysis of these audit videos are genuinely interesting. Many comments refer to apparent “jealousy” of auditors”. But if you take time to look at the history of this channel you will see that the creator isn’t anti-audit or anti photographer freedoms, quite the opposite. And with subscriptions of less than hundredth of some of the most successful audit channels, revenue can hardly be the motivating factor to create these critiques. I’ve followed several of these audit channels over the last year to so and broadly agree with the points made on this channel overall. I also don’t understand the need to mask up, a man in a mask stood at a gate of a premises sticking a camera through the railings and zooming in on staff going about their innocent work is unquestionably suspicious to a reasonable person (read the OED definition of suspicious). Just because something is “legal” doesn’t mean it should automatically be done, that argument is morally idiotic. Most laws are boundaries, there is no need to operate on the edge of them. I could do a weekly shop at my local supermarket with no top on, legal yes, but my fat gut in the aisles is morally unpleasant and I wouldn’t do it. Many auditors entirely legal actions clearly cause people upset and anguish. I fail to even see the fundamental need for so-called audits at all? Where is the evidence that photographic freedom is under threat from lawmakers? It isn’t. As soon as revenue becomes a factor (and these channels are almost always monetised) there is bias and clouded motivations. I fail to see in any way how most are legitimate audits (again check the OED definition of an audit). Many claim that their viewers find the videos industrial premises and processes interesting, of course they don’t! A video of a steel hangar in the middle of nowhere is close to the most boring thing you can watch on KZbin, they all look the same. All the viewers care about is a verbal altercation or juicy confrontation or the ultimate prize of a physical assault by a “tyrant”. As for the drone footage, they persist in letting the staff know just in in case they get “concerned”, I’m suspicious of that motivation, I suspect that they do it in the hope it will raise concern further and result in them being told they can’t do it, (which auditors take a delight in) again I refer to my shopping analogy. I’m not anti photographic freedom and not anti auditing but the motives in most cases seem entirely disingenuous to me.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@mdmoore100 That is one of the most outstanding comments I have seen on this channel. It will come as no surprise that I have pinned it. Every now and then I find a diamond in the rough, a gem in all the rubbish I have to wade through, and this is one of them. Good on you.

[@mdmoore100]

@@streetvideoreviewerThanks, it’s a long post but I wrote it on the train to a meeting with not much else to do. I have a vague background in civil litigation (say no more) and I wait for an interesting legal test for the boundaries of auditors. Not too fussed if that test is Criminal or Civil but I’d like to see it.

[@mdmoore100]

@@streetvideoreviewer I appreciate it’s probably a time constraint but maybe you could consider reviews/critiques of other video channels, widen the scope? For example there is a KZbinr who regularly fills his car up with petrol then tries to pay with an obscure ancient sovereign or some other ridiculous but apparently lawful “legal tender”. He claims his motivation is a defender of cash but I’m sceptical of that, (let’s face it, the cash war is lost already). Minimum wage, usually limited English speaking staff, trying to earn a simple wage to feed their families, generally panic (because the boss will probably dock a hundred quids worth fuel from their pay) then call the police who attend and look confused and threaten arrest for “making off without payment”, (which it isn’t). Faces are never blurred and consent is never asked. The whole painful spectacle goes into a fairly boring stalemate ending with the cash champion leaving without providing his details because in his view he’s offered to settle the debt with obscure and frankly a pain in the arse to bank currency. The condescending sanctimonious lecture to the staff about the law echoes the behaviour of many auditors…

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@mdmoore100 By coincidence, I'm actually preparing a video on exactly that subject. I think you're referring to Richard (Julian) Chamberlain. My video will be about Eye Spy Audit, but it will mention Mr Chamberlain. It will be a long video (maybe the longest yet) and very in depth. I am still checking and researching one or two points that are important. I also have a review video coming up about a certain celebrity who I put in the same category as auditors. That one may be out as early as this weekend. The coin video will take another couple of weeks.

[@mdmoore100]

@@streetvideoreviewer excellent I shall look forward to it.

[@theoneforgaveme]

Auditing needs to be banned . They always put a strain hard working folk.. these auditors mustn't be built for manual work 12hr shifts mon to fri . One day a bad thing is goin to happen to a auditor i can see it.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

Agree 100%. A legal ban isn't strictly needed. Just firmer and consistent responses from the police and enforcement by both KZbin and the ICO.

[@zapbrannigan000]

here are some questions about these auditors: *if they are making a commercial film do they need to be carrying some public liability insurance incase they cause an accident? *if they invade an office building or industrial yard or police station should they be forced to rent the premises to make their commercial film? *should they be forced to hire the people appearing in the film to perform as actors? *do they need a council license to undertake a commercial enterprise in public?

[@scousedavies565]

I think every one of these low-lifes will lie at least once during the first 5 or 10 minutes of there uploads. Additionally, may I ask how the jailing in the last couple of days of the clown named Mizzy for publishing videos featuring people who had not given their consent will affect these audtors? More accurately, he was jailed for a breach of a court order banning him from such activity but the original court case captured the whole principle of the privacy of the people featuring in these videos. Re the idiot claiming that the 2 ladies were silly for approaching him if they didn't want to appear in his footage. They were directed to approach him when he stated, repeatedly, that he couldn't hear what they were saying, due to the wind.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

So far, the only things that have stopped the hardcore auditors are imprisonment for unrelated offences or criminal behaviour orders (CBOs) handed out by magistrates' courts after convictions related to their auditing activity (typically aggravated trespass, section 5 or harassment). Some have stopped completely on receiving a CBO, others (Marti Blagborough, for example) have waited until the CBO expired before resuming their activity.

[@davidgavin7280]

If you want an amusing frauditor video where you can all but hear the frauditor's arse drop on camera I'd suggest looking at ( C)RYan Rampage's recent one where he antagonises some chuggers. In fairness-CRYan wasn't really doing much wrong but one of the chuggers was just as awkward as CRYan and CRYan utterly shat himself, then he tagged on some after the fact filming about 'meeting him around the corner' making himself look an even bigger bell end.

[@chrisatye]

Whilst I think he’s a knobhead, I will say the lady was quite aggressive and gave him the ‘content’ he wanted - as you rightly say, not everyone is aware of these idiots and those that do react in a calmer manner.

[@neilthewliss8470]

after watching your vids I'm seeing these audits in a new light, are there any auditors that you think are doing a wortwhile joib, focus or yardly for instance.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

I am sorry to say that I don't think there are really. I wish I could say otherwise, I really do, as photographic auditing could be a worthwhile exercise if done in the right way. Focus Pocus probably is the one who comes nearest to legitimacy.

[@OliverJonCross]

15:30 Being friendly makes the interaction forgettable is good advice. I'd recommend playing popular music through your phone's loudspeaker while recording, as this will prevent the footage from being used due to potential copyright flags by KZbin's standards. Essentially, this means they won't be able to use any of the audio.

[@just-gaming213]

KZbins fair usage policy is there for a reason. Playing "popular music" won't do shit. 😂

[@diabolicxflawl3s919]

You hit the nail on the head buddy , they are all out to purposly annoy people for content and claims 👍be polite, explain why you are there and say you will blur out any faces if caught by accident if they feel uncomfortable with it ..... would that not be easier 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ then you have no need to hide your face also i guess as you aikt got ppl hating on you 😂

[@johnnypsycho9628]

In the UK a trailer unit does not need permanent Reg plates . But I believe Germany and Italy the like do ,that's why international haulage tractor units don't match the trailer and were subject to its own mot type of thing. Those units parked all legal on the unlined road way only make me think its not a nice road way owned by council ,the answer would be where is the mobile burger stand ? in a permitted area at the T junction .

[@ododargo]

i asked a local scrapyard if i could film his big car crusher yea fill yer boots and give us a copy of the film they were well happy i also filmed my local coastgard playing with there hoover craft i asked if i could film them yea and like the csrap yard said send us a copy it pays to be nice and polite

[@Rebel1972x]

Hes taken over a month break so far . 😊

[@Niedzwiedz1M]

What surprises me, is the amount of people who are very supportive of these auditors and how they are nod and agree with glee with auditors actions, exposing a worker that has natural reflex to question a masked, goon looking individual who records their yard. Non of them has any idea that tens of millions pounds worth of goods are stolen and jacked from yards that they film and they get scouted just like that. It is painful to watch the cringy fake "interest". No one normal in the public is interested what a company that does small metal manufacturing does apart from their specific clientele and most will not see the production line. I watched Nigel again, filming a yard and zooming into the warehouse showing where 10s of thousand worth of coiled material is around the yard from his drone footage and equipment that is also expensive. Then gets confronted by security and chaa-ching, drama. I really am ready to pay him a visit and record his shop in Leicester same way he does it any other business and without revealing his name, attach address and make monthly update since I travel a lot up and down the M1. For the sake of photography and people who have passion I don't want any laws to be restrictive but these drama fed parasites are disgusting.

[@Ian-xt1mb]

They are of low intelligence, as are their supporters,.

[@misterrigsby8491]

It Surprises me too!, All these so called 'Auditors' have the same traits? They're all sad bastards who have too much time on their hands!, They all try to get confrontation because without it they've got nothing!, I notice they never audit any Gypsy or Traveller sites? As i can guarantee they'd get a reaction they wouldn't like!, One day it's going to go badly wrong because they'll provoke someone who has nothing to lose!, Then they'll suddenly want the police who they've abused in the past to help them!

[@johnnypsycho9628]

I wonder if the chap has ever been near a terrorists situation SEE IT REPORT IT. When we say Mask are we talking COV-19 ,or Scream Plastic will hood or Rubber Mask Capt Kirk Halloween As the term looking suspicious while covering face and talking to 'himself' might just be on a video call . But by prewarning them of a drone flight only adds to the property line infringement . The chap at smoking hut is having a break and thinks twat. Thats the only reason why I can think He's members are higher ,and no I'm choosing not to increase the footfall and viewing on his . I've told my friends about your non bs ways keep up the infomation.

[@briandoherty3249]

These audit videos started when smart phones with cameras took off and youtube took off. Originally people published bad practice by police and security. I'd say it was needed and the exposure has made things better in some ways. But then some people realised they could make money by creating a channel and getting as many viewers as possible. So now we have deviants pretending to uphold human rights. When in reality these auditors are purposely creating scenarios to agitate people for content.

[@matthew-gn4qd]

i don't understand why KZbin allows the content creators to broadcast these types of films in which we can see criminal and civil offences most likely being committed. i think the police should take firmer action. i don't think it would be unreasonable in the circumstances for victims of the abuse to take action themselves seeing as the police appear to be doing nothing about it. if there is such a thing as a citizens arrest i would consider using it given the level of alarm and distress being caused and let the police deal with it thereafter.

[@three-phase562]

The problem will be the cost involved in taking civil action including attempting to identify the auditor themselves. Even if they manage that, the compensation they would get would likely be minimal and more of a token gesture, and what would the likelihood be of any of these auditors paying the compensation, or being able to afford it? Citizens arrest is a dodgy think at the best of times. There was a video from DJE where he was detained by hotel staff and he called police to get him released. It will be interesting to see if that does progress with any criminal charges, given the complexity of the whole situation.

[@matthew-gn4qd]

i wouldn't be worried about detaining someone on the basis of a criminal offence having potentially been committed. you have to do something to uphold the law. no matter what they say, the whole scheme looks wrong. people are getting worried, anxious and distressed and having their freedoms interfered with on a mass scale. its a matter that KZbin should take seriously as its their platform which is helping to perpetuate this behaviour.

[@Nigfis]

@@matthew-gn4qd All this talk of breaking the law... Which law?

[@crabtreedrive6689]

whilst i agree, i think there is a distinction to be made between auditors who effectively film members of the public and auditors who film public servants

[@streetvideoreviewer]

Yes, possibly you could argue that a public servant and SIA-licensed staff should expect to be filmed and identified, but at the same time, auditors tend to waste the time of the police, council staff and licensed security staff, etc., for no proper purpose, and at the end of the day, there's usually no real purpose in identifying them. Most of the complaints about them from auditors are contrived, even baseless. Please understand that I am not in any way 'siding' with the police or anyone in authority. My channel simply tells you what I honestly think based on what I see in the videos. There are occasions when police officers and security staff are in the wrong or are a bit harsh or heavy-handed in their manner - and I usually do make a point of commenting on that.

[@stratfan]

Why on earth does You Tube continue to allow these 'auditor' videos to be monetised?

[@streetvideoreviewer]

KZbin is an advertising business. Like it or not, auditing channels are popular and attract viewers, which means revenue for KZbin. KZbin will only take action against these channels if their hand is forced.

[@bertblaser]

Since I've been watching your channel I've learnt so much about photography etc and privacy laws you been like a breath of fresh air after hearing these auditors spinning the same crap i notice that nowadays the auditors try to steer away from calling themselves auditors instead names like street journalist or industrial you tuber etc

[@Jonobrook123]

Question : is it illegal to wear a mask in public place? irrelevant as to weather people like it or not?

[@streetvideoreviewer]

It is perfectly legal to wear a mask in a public place, and so it should be. Nothing in my video is intended to suggest otherwise.

[@Jonobrook123]

@@streetvideoreviewer you said multiple times " and he is wearing a mask" you didnt say " and he is wearing a wrist watch" or "and he is wearing footwear"

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@Jonobrook123 I referred to him wearing a mask in a certain context that you ignore. Your posts are weird. I repeat: I have never suggested that wearing a mask in public is illegal, nor should it be.

[@Jonobrook123]

@@streetvideoreviewer yes but why refer to it at all if it's perfectly legal .

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@Jonobrook123I explain in the video why. You just haven't listened.

[@rogerbroadbelt3424]

The lady isn't knowledgeable about the law, but not everybody working in a factory is or needs to know filming laws. Drones are a fairly new thing and these KZbinrs make their videos interesting due to people not knowing drone laws. Most of the content of the drone film is not very intersting, it is just the confrontations due to people concerned about the drones. Somebody turning up with a mask on looking like a bandit is a concern, it may provoke a reaction for his video. If somebody came out and gave him what for, a jury may decide he was provoking a reaction, so for him to get what for was understandable. We need to get drone laws out there, we need to get GDPR out there, praps in the newspapers and TV. This would end these KZbinrs making money from confrontations, sometimes leading to these KZbinrs claims for assault. It would let ordinary people understand their rights according to GDPR.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

A better understanding of data protection rights would help bring this nasty activity to a halt.

[@emmajayne9504]

Have you heard yourself?😅 so assaulting a person for how they look is ok? He could be stood outside your workplace with a banner with hit me written on it and you still couldn't touch him. Give your head a wobble 😅 and GDPR and Data protection act doesn't apply to individuals, but don't let that part of legislation get in your way! What he is doing is perfectly legal and lawful and if the staff didn't come out in the first place, they wouldn't have any footage for a video. Northern Audits isn't a liar, he's an auditor and a very polite one at that.

[@rogerbroadbelt3424]

​@emmajayne9504 GDPR does apply to these KZbin filmers who have moneterised media channels, they are filming peoples personal data for financial gain. Some of these KZbin filmers are limited companies. They call themselves members of the public when it suits their activity, but they are there filming people as a job and getting paid, GDPR applies. Someone turning up to a firm, looking like a bank robber would be a concern, if he was assaulted, a jury of 12 ordinary people may feel the assault was to be expected for someone looking and acting like that. I have experience of these things and a good barrister would be able to persuade the jury to switch the blame to the filmer. I dont feel Northern Audits is an auditor, auditors don't hide their faces, don't hide their identity, are members of a professional body, carry a business card with their qualifications and authority details on and a checkable telephone number. Not, what's ur name, no I don't give out my personal details, that's not how auditors operate. Charlie Veich is a self proclaimed auditor on KZbin, he gives out his name, he doesnt look like a bank robber, he is more professional than most of these KZbin filmers.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@emmajayne9504 Data protection does apply to individuals unless they come within the scope of Recital 18 of the UK GDPR. You're the one who should check the law.

[@ReclusiveAsta]

Since you say he's not a journalist - what is the legal definition of journalist?

[@Deck1ngUK]

All I can say is it’s a good job these guys are out there. Without them you wouldn’t have much of a channel.. I don’t always agree with their antics, but you are sucking them for your own gain, a little parasitic .

[@2AdAlchemy]

Yeah? Well frauditors are sucking guys like you their own gain.

[@stuartlevy2131]

Agree

[@brelshar4968]

Hey, great video. I despise these nasty little people as well. One thing you didn't pick up on. NA didn't bother with the "i'm going to fly my drone" bit with the person from the first company he talked too, because he didn't get the reaction he wanted. The poor woman sadly DID give him the reaction he wanted and he knows that by mentioning the drone will furthur aggitate the situation. Vermin.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

Good point, thanks.

[@petertaylor9384]

100% disagree with your assessment of Northern Audits. I honestly do get why folk out there think these guys are just out there to bait companies into a confrontation for KZbin sure. But nothing this guy does is illegal. Contrary to popular belief GDPR can actually apply in certain cases to members of the public, however I don't think anybody would win a GDPR case against an auditor as auditors are not recording for nefarious purposes harvesting data. (GDPR is actually an EU law & outdated in the Uk as we are no longer members of the EU) Regardless Northen Audits in my opinion is merely highlighting the over-reaction and self-entitlement these businesses have. Sure, they can come out and question but they themselves make the video by their complete ignorance of the rights of people stood in public. They can fly drones and record they can take pictures and if he tells the odd pork pie or is vague about his actual intentions so what nothing is against the law here. Baiting businesses right or wrongly is open for debate but these videos have a place in our society and are watched by hundreds of thousands of people.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@petertaylor9384 Everything you say there about data protection is wrong and you don't know what you are talking about. I am sorry, but I must be firm and blunt, because it does no good otherwise. You need to be told. Data protection does not just apply to people who 'harvest data', it applies to everybody who is being paid to process personal data, which is what monetised auditors do in various ways. How you take that is up to you, but that is the law. Whether you and I like it or not is irrelevant. With respect, it is not 'self-entitlement' for a business to be concerned about a strange man wearing a mask stood outside continuously filming the business and who won't adequately explain himself and his purposes. That is surely a misuse of the term 'self-entitlement' and I suggest you consult a dictionary, or a thesaurus, and come up with some other appropriate term to sum up your very obvious emotional distress at having your various flawed and erroneous assumptions challenged. To me, your attitude is that of a child. Baiting people is wrong and when you do something wrong, it's quite likely - perhaps inevitable - that you will cross the line into illegality or civil or regulatory wrongs. The fact he lied is of great significance in law because, as I explained in the video (did you actually watch it?) he is supposed to disclose certain information to data subjects under Article 13. Of course, you conveniently want to exempt him from Article 13 and the rest of the data protection regime, but since you clearly don't understand data protection in the first place, you'll understand why I'm not convinced.

[@petertaylor9384]

@@streetvideoreviewer I'm a child who needs to be told huh you just made yourself look like a patronising tool but okay. (1) I never said data harvesting was the only sole breach of GDPR however it's the most common. (2) How is he processing Personal data for commercial use? He is uploading a video arguably for news purposes to KZbin. Sure, he gets advertising fees but not from selling personal data you twonk. If a BBC news crew pulled up outside a business to do a story, are they in breach of GDPR. Go learn basic law. Cameras on the high street are they breaching GDPR by your logic I want a data controller stood under each one telling me what they are going to use my personal data for. Think you need to go back to law school buddy and learn the difference between public and private recordings. (3) I never said business are self-entitled for asking questions you came to that conclusion yourself. The self-entitlement comes when business demand auditors obey their commands or they will phone the police if you've never seen that then it's you who have never watched any of these videos. Again, stop jumping to conclusions and making up the narrative as you go along. (4) Go back to school my little chicken and make sure you take notes when teacher explains to you the difference between public and private xx

[@TheLowerIntestine]

"Baiting businesses right or wrongly is open for debate". Lol. Up for debate? Yeah let's all get our cameras out, put a mask on, and try and bait our local businesses. Put the employees on video whether they want it or not, disrupt their working day, upset the managers, cause the business economic damage. I mean why wouldn't we do this? Pmsl.

[@JB_inks]

Here's a better question - why are so many auditors so xenoophobic?

[@beyond560]

pakeys have no business in our land

[@JB_inks]

@@beyond560 it would be awesome if you could spell properly, thicko.

[@skapunkno1]

@@JB_inks I'm really surprised the dumb arse knew what xenophobic meant.

[@The_Genie_]

Which ones are xenophobic?

[@JB_inks]

@@The_Genie_ did you not just see the comment that replied to me before you did?

[@cupidstunts.stcmedia.6618]

It looks like you are telling your viewers pork pies regarding GDPR. I would suggest that peeps check out GDPR facts for yourselves. It does not apply to private individuals, payed or otherwise. Organisations/Companies with more than 1 employee. Whereby the company is holding private information about their employees. Name, address, DOB and bank details. The only thing he is legally required to do is, have an up to date Drone operator id, on his drone.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

What you say about data protection is wrong. Data protection applies to paid individuals as much as it applies to the largest companies. The ICO explicitly state on their website that it applies to sole traders and other businesses owned by individuals, such as partnerships. If it didn't, the vast majority of data handlers would be exempt from data protection which would create the nonsensical position of the laws and regulations being effectively unenforceable. I have a good mind to delete your comments and ban because you are now deliberately spreading misinformation to confuse people.

[@ginmar8134]

What is he even trying to accomplish??

[@streetvideoreviewer]

I will settle for a Nobel Prize. I expect you are already on the phone to the Nobel Committee. Just let them know that I will be available most of next year, but they will have to give me plenty of notice.

[@GoldenHeart676]

I really enjoy watching Northern Audits videos. He does fantastic drone footage. I love how he does day time & night time footage. I don't like many auditors, but I find NA very polite & I enjoy watching his videos, especially the drone show at the end of all of his videos. People say "you can't fly a drone over here cus it's private property", but all land is owned by someone. Do these businesses try to stop Google taking photos & drone footage of their property for Google Earth? No, they don't & that is all online for everyone to see (street shots & overhead). Do they try to stop aeroplanes & helicopters flying overhead cus it's "their" land? They simply do not own the airspace.

[@mgtruckin]

​@@GoldenHeart676Google does however blur out faces, registration numbers, house numbers etc..

[@three-phase562]

@@GoldenHeart676 I never understand why people compare what Google do to what these auditors are doing. As mentioned by another poster, Google will blur our faces etc. They are gone in seconds. These auditors are stood outside, specifically targeting an individual premises for extended periods of time. Again when they fly a drone over, they are frequently quite low, flying for longer periods and specifically recording and commenting on activities. Google do none of that. Aeroplanes, hot air balloons and helicopters are also not comparable. They will be flying above 1000 feet and are by law deemed to be not interfering with premises. Whilst occupiers do not own the air space above their premises, they do have rights to the immediate air space above, more than the drone pilot does. The drone code also places onus on the drone pilot not to interfere or endanger premises they fly over and not to breach the ocuppier's privacy.

[@jamesbaxendale1470]

Having read many of the comments on here, I would say you are clearly berating the wrong person. "A nasty piece of work"? I see or hear no evidence of that, but the comments on here are filled with belligerent rhetoric. Exorcising a right to record in public should be encouraged, and remember, on your way to work every day, you are probably the subject of at least 30 street cameras, whereby, your image is recorded, together with your vehicle registration and from that, all of your personal information has been surrendered ... now, that's an intrusion worth complaining about.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@jamesbaxendale1470 (i). He is not exercising a right to film in public or anything similar, he is simply harassing people and the camera is the means for him to do that. (ii). CCTV recordings and similar are passive and are justified for the purpose of crime prevention and security and not used except for that purpose, for which there is an implied consent.

[@jamesbaxendale1470]

@@streetvideoreviewer This is the typical ill-informed and uneducated response from someone who doesn't understand the laws surrounding photography in public. Furthermore, 24/7 'public surveillance' (England being the highest surveilled country in the world) by it's very nature, cannot be described as passive. Might I suggest that you observe the readily available, year on year data relating to all crime in GB before you even mention crime prevention because your statements couldn't be further from the truth. To suggest that Northern Audits harasses people is also incorrect, unless of course, you have absolute, substantiated evidence to support that, it is always quite the opposite and some of the utter nonsense and vile language that these company representatives blurt out is merely an indication of an 'assumed' authority, bullying at it's worst and gross stupidity. Perhaps the time you spend on here could be put to a much better use ... so far, your support is rather limited, there's an obvious reason for that.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@jamesbaxendale1470 My evidence that Northern Audits harasses people is his own videos. This is what I mean when I say that auditors have hanged themselves. Their own content incriminates them. I explain it all in the video. None of the points you make about CCTV seem relevant to my own point, which is simply a statement of the legal position. Operators of CCTV are availed of an exemption in the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 for crime prevention purposes and are permitted to record without express consent for crime prevention and security purposes under the Data Protection Act 2018. In most situations involving private property, consent is treated as implied, in other situations crime prevention is a sufficiently compelling purpose to override privacy, mainly because the nature of the recording is passive in that it is typically not closely monitored, nor is it checked or published unless there is a reason that falls within the permitted purpose.

[@2AdAlchemy]

You are talking out of your arse. CCTV cameras don't try to provoke confrontations for clicks and views and don't get uploaded to YT. And furthermore if you don't break the law you have nothing to fear from public surveillance videos.@@jamesbaxendale1470

[@2AdAlchemy]

Whether you call them frauditors, 1st amendment auditors, sickos etc., these cowards actively harass public and private workers for their own financial gain. They blatantly break policies and invade people's personal space in order to invoke a reaction to upload to KZbin and other social media sites. They profit off of these interactions even though the KZbin terms say that harassment is not tolerated. If enough complaints reach KZbin they can investigate and enforce stricter regulations against these disgusting channels that serve no purpose to the community. They may try and argue that they are flexing their 1st amendment rights, but watching ANY of these videos will show that they are harassing people and going against institution policies for monetary gain. If KZbin is able to change their policies and enforce new rules against these channels, this will prevent individuals from harassing and, at times, threatening people just trying to do their jobs.

[@Jonobrook123]

harassment not harrisment.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

In British English, it is as I pronounce it. In everyday conversation it doesn't matter so much, but you may be laughed at in more formal situations if you pronounce it the American way.

[@williamgilchrist7113]

I think on this guy you are 100% incorrect.

[@dennisthemenace1386]

BP Visits is the best Auditor

[@streetvideoreviewer]

That has about as much credibility as saying, 'Fred West is the best serial killer.'

[@BriCairns]

I wouldnt put fred in my top5 to be fair 😂

[@stewartthomas7772]

Karl pilkington should swoop down call this channel bullshit😂😂

[@cupidstunts.stcmedia.6618]

Your are calling him a liar but I've yet to see what he is lying about. You on the other hand are using other people's footage for your own gain. Each to their own right, I couldn't give a monkey's, crack on 👍. The whole point of (some) auditors is to exercise you rights. In his case Photography, Filming and flying a drone in public, without people bothering the auditor or the police. When people do come out of their boundaries (their work place) to ask questions of a private citizen, about something that does not concern them in a public area. They usually 999 the police without good reason ie; someone is being violent and or abusive, Checking fences for breaches or climbing fences and going into unauthorized areas. On a path with a camera isn't an emergency situation. Some of these people lie to the police to get them there. Personally I'd like to see people who lie on a 999 call, fined for wasting police time. He is usual very polite, does not cause confrontation, his day and night drone footage is unique and he's got great editing skills. He could stand there and not talk to them, let the police come and let them educate the 999ers but who would watch that? There are much much worse so called "Auditors" you could be scrutinising. Try DJ, he really is horrid. Have a gooden 👍

[@streetvideoreviewer]

You "don't give a monkey's", then write a long essay? Clearly what I am doing is getting to you. Northern Audits clearly lies to these people about his purpose for being there and withholds information that he is supposed to provide. The reality is that if you want go round dishing out harassment, then you can expect criticism of your activities. If he doesn't want the criticism, then he should change his ways. Maybe you should take your own advice and just move along and leave me alone to exercise my freedoms? He may be polite in his manner, but what he is doing is harassment. You don't let a bank robber off because he's polite when he demands that the teller hands over cash. A 999 call is perfectly justified if a strange man is stood outside my business filming while wearing a mask, especially if I approach him and he won't explain what he's doing. What on earth do you expect? I sometimes wonder if you people live on a different planet or in some exotic place with strange laws. As for his drone footage, there is nothing special about it. At the end of the day, anybody can fly a drone backwards and forwards over a building and chop some footage together. There are some drone channels on KZbin - including some who support my channel and comment here - who show real skill and care in the way they fly their drones. Maybe Northern Audits should spend less time worrying about filming confrontations and more time with his drone? Of course he won't, because that's the hard route and means less views and subscribers.

[@ivormectin3816]

This is the way to get your channel on the ignore list. Did he stand you up?

[@streetvideoreviewer]

I'd appreciate it if you could put me on your ignore list, so that I don't have to read comments like that.

[@aidy6000]

Pfp confirms virginity kek

[@williamgilchrist7113]

You are scraping the barrel and letting your self down

[@exsubmariner]

You're letting yourself down giving yourself likes when you post😂😂😂

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@williamgilchrist7113 Would you say the same thing if you found yourself featured in one of these videos? What if you then complained to KZbin and they took the video down, only for he auditor to reload it?

[@johncarr3458]

Not sure I get it to be honest...guess the question is has he broken the law, if has then the book should be thrown at him, if he hasn't am not sure what he has done wrong..not too long ago we were all wearing masks, a lot of people still do....there are a lot of things we don't like in this world and something that bothers one person doesn't bother another, ...does he want confrontation to get more views, well only he will know that, a lot of things seem to be an assumption and your opinion, which you are entitled to....but still don't get it..

[@streetvideoreviewer]

(i). Just because somebody hasn't been dealt with by the law, it doesn't follow that the person is doing nothing wrong. (ii). [quote]"..there are a lot of things we don't like in this world and something that bothers one person doesn't bother another...", etc. [unquote] - I genuinely don't know how to respond to that. If this doesn't bother you, then you needn't bother with my channel, since as you say, there are things that bother some people but don't bother others.

[@johncarr3458]

​​​​@@streetvideoreviewer (I) I clearly said if he had broken the law then he should be dealt with, and has 100% done something wrong regardless if he has been dealt with or not (ii) if you don't want people to comment then maybe see if you can turn comments off, or if all you want is people to agree with everything you say and do and not express their own opinions then maybe you shouldn't have a channel. You are expressing your opinion if I choose to express mine I will, if you don't like it then sorry but that's just tough..

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@johncarr3458 Where have I said that I don't want people to comment? You didn't say he has done wrong, you actually said this: [quote]"Not sure I get it to be honest...guess the question is has he broken the law, if has then the book should be thrown at him, if he hasn't am not sure what he has done wrong."[unquote]

[@johncarr3458]

@@streetvideoreviewer you said I needn't bother with your channel, I will make that decision not you, but thanks anyway

[@Jonobrook123]

Its not illegal to wear a mask in public ( you need to get over that one) ..he may have personal reasons as to why he is wearing one.

[@darrenhunter2324]

Only reason he waring it is to hide his face to make it harder for him to be accountable for his crimes, soon there is a law again theys people the better. I have to agree with Street Video Reviewes it hurting genuing photographers and film makes what Northen Audits and the other idiat Auditors are doing, sooner they are delt with the better. As a web developer I worry if I have to go out and take photos for a site as I may get harrised for doing my job. I also bet he now get any formal qalifications to call him self an Auditor, at the end of the day him and his kind are trubble makers.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@Jonobrook123 My video does not say that wearing a mask in public is an offence, nor am I suggesting it should be. That's simply your misunderstanding.

[@zapbrannigan000]

the reasons auditors wear masks is to look threatening and thus encourage a hostile confrontation......this makes for a good video. also they want to hide their identity so they cant be sued for trespass or anything illegal they do such as collecting data without being a registered data controller.

[@williamgilchrist7113]

If you think Northern Auditors is a problem yoi are sadly mistaken when have heard him be disrespectful to anyone a man on a mask prove it you hsve just ruined your channel.

[@exsubmariner]

You're not welcome on this channel if you can't spell

[@jblack5323]

I lost braincells trying to work out the incoherent babble you just came out with. Or did your cat just walk over the keyboard. Bellend…

[@looneytune6955]

Any chance you can post this in legible English?

[@exsubmariner]

@@looneytune6955 aahh you've upset him now probably took him ages to write that comment

[@d4dan734]

The nature of your channel would indicate that you have one major supporter paying your salary. I look forward to the response from the auditors you challenge.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

Yes, it's Richard Branson.

[@d4dan734]

Why would he waste his time with you? Are you related?@@streetvideoreviewer

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@d4dan734 Yes, he's my aunty's second cousin's flatmate's uncle's nephew twice removed. So leave my Richard alone.

[@emmajayne9504]

Why would you want to put photos of our business on social media? Because he can is the answer. You are so incorrect as far as GDPR for individuals. So your whole video is a lie.

[@streetvideoreviewer]

Data protection applies to auditors, whether they are conducting their activities as individuals or companies. You are the one who doesn't understand the law. Please refrain from commenting further on this channel as I will not allow you to use my channel to spread incorrect information about the law.

[@rokketron]

GDPR does NOT apply to individuals, only businesses and organisations

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@rokketron Data protection applies to individuals as much as companies and organisations. This is because an individual can be a business. For instance, if you drive your lorry as a self-employed individual, that is classed as a 'business' for the purpose of data protection.

[@rokketron]

@streetvideoreviewer That's a business, then, not an individual member of the public

[@streetvideoreviewer]

@@rokketron And auditors are not acting as members of the public, thus the exemption in Recital 18 does not apply, and they have monetised channels, thus they are in business for the purpose of data protection. The fact they are individuals is irrelevant. A self-employed individual is in business but still a natural individual. A business partnership can be composed of natural individuals.