Virgin Active Singapore has CCTV near changing areas, members feel violated

Ms Sissy Lau, 35, who works at an oil and chemical tanker firm, told The New Paper:"It's right next to the steam room and shower area. It's natural that people will treat it as a private area and think it's safe to remove their clothes there."

"I can tell you that I'm extremely unhappy finding out that I was unaware of cameras in this area after patronising the club for more than 2 years," one of them commented. While it stressed that the area is not considered part of the changing rooms, lawyers said that as long as it is in a place where users can reasonably expect not to be filmed, there should be no cameras.

Virgin Active, which has six outlets islandwide, said on Facebook that the camera had been in place since the gym opened in 2013 and added:"The footage is only accessible by the club general manager. No other person has access."

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