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# How is my CCTV Footage used?

🎥 Zigzag AI only uses your CCTV footage to do one thing: **analyze it for the events you choose**—like safety, compliance, process lapses, security incidents, or unusual activity. 

Here’s what that means in practice:

* 🔌 **We connect to your existing camera feeds** (no new hardware needed) and analyze video in real time or based on your setup.
* 🚨 **We detect and log only what matters**—events, timestamps, and clips tied to those events—so you’re not drowning in raw footage. ✅
* 🎯 **You control what’s monitored**: predefined detections or custom events based on your operations. 
* 🔐 **Footage stays your data**. We don’t use your video to run our business—you do. You decide access, retention, and who can view what. 

✅ Bottom line: Zigzag turns CCTV into operational intelligence—using overlooked footage to spot patterns, flag risks early, and tighten operations, **turning cameras into a real business asset.**