Questions tagged [recording]
Video and/or audio recording. For eavesdropping on telecommunications specifically use the "wiretapping" tag.
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If other party notified me that phone conversation is being recorded, do I need to tell them if I am also recording it?
When I call, for example, AT&T or any other company, then before they pick up the phone they sometimes give me a notice that the phone conversation could be recorded for training or other purposes....
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Can a police officer film me on their personal device in my own home?
A police officer was allowed into my home by another occupant before I arrived. During the encounter, I began recording the situation. After attempting to have me remove my sunglasses and stop ...
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When can a US police officer stop me from recording our encounter?
During any encounter with a US police officer, under what circumstances would the officer have the right to force me to stop recording our encounter with my smart phone, and can he prevent me from ...
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What is the legality behind hearing aids if we cannot digitally record audio without consent?
From my understanding, hearing aids work the following way:
a microphone picks up nearby sounds
a miniature computer stores the sound data in ram and processes the sound
the processed sound is then ...
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Can you film the police while they search your premises?
If the police search your house with a warrant can you film them to ensure they keep to the letter of the warrant?
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Is it legal to record conversations with police?
If I am stopped by the police for questioning on the street, would I be within my rights to record the conversation on my phone to avoid any looseness with accounts of what was said on either side? ...
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Do you have to disclose you are recording a call that is already being recorded?
I'm calling my credit card to dispute being charged twice for something. When I start to hold for an operator I'm prompted that the call may be recorded for whatever reason.
If I also want to record ...
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France: Is it illegal to take videos of the police?
While in France, I was taking video of a police operation (they were evicting some squatters in caravans from a field, about 50 of them).
One of the police officers quickly approached me and asked me ...
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Is it legal for google street view images to see in my house (EU)?
My aunt lives somewhere on the territory of European Union and I navigated to her house in street view mode on Google Maps. I noticed that by navigating those images you can see into her house!
You ...
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Secretly recorded audio to meeting with landlord and now starting a dispute against him. Can I submit it as evidence?
My ex-landlord preferred to communicate by in person meetings. I began covertly recording our meetings with the microphone on my phone. Only the audio was recorded, not the video. My ex-landlord was ...
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What is considered "public" in the context of taking videos or audio recordings?
According to the answers in this question it's legal to photograph someone in public without their consent. I'm assuming the answers still hold true for video or audio recording (such as what can be ...
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What are my rights in videoing an encounter with a hostile person?
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I asked a fellow dog-walker to prevent their dog from snapping at mine. They became very irate but I just walked away from the situation. I may have said "Please keep your dog under ...
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Can my apartment neighbor install a camera that looks at my door?
I recently noticed that my neighbor installed a camera that looks from inside of his apartment straight on my door. This could be interpreted like that camera is pointed at whomever is potentially ...
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Can you de-identify a lawfully recorded audio-only call to lodge with the court and offer into evidence?
Bob, while providing lawful notice of call recording by beep-tone warning notification, records calls with a company that does not record calls where it ordinarily conveys information that exposes it ...
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UK: if you are being recorded by a business why don't you have a reciprocal right to record them at the same time?
I was in a car rental firm's mini-office at a UK airport, and there was a sign up saying you may be recorded. I got my digital voice recorder to start it off. The member of staff attending me might ...
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What prevents me from making a derivative of a work never fixed in a tangible medium?
Suppose I'm a singer-songwriter in the United States, and at one of my concerts, I perform a previously unreleased (and in fact never-before-recorded) song. I play this song from memory and by ear; I ...
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Can a party demand you not record their phone call?
To my understanding call recording is legal in Canada, even if the other person isn't aware of it. I am going through arbitration, and someone I spoke with said "there is to be no recording of this or ...
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Do I have to declare my cameras to the CNIL?
Do I have to declare my CCTV system to the CNIL (Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, which translates to "National Committee for IT and Liberties") if they are placed on a private ...
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In California, simply spectating a "sideshow" is illegal (jailtime/fine). Is this constitutional?
In the Bay Area, there is a problem called "sideshows", where youths do dangerous stunts with cars (like donuts) on public streets, usually at an intersection (example video). California, ...
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Is it legal to record someone who explicitly tells you not to? [closed]
If I demand that someone with whom I am having a private conversation not record it, and they surreptitiously do so, is that recording illegal?
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Is normally illegal kink legal if consensual
My wife is older than age of majority and can freely give consent. She has a specific kink of wanting to be upskirted in shops.
If I have her consent, can I do this without getting in trouble?
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What constitutes consent to record a conversation?
I would like to record a conversation with another individual (who otherwise could assume privacy). In this case Maryland requires the consent of both parties to record, as shown in the diagram below.
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Recording Conversations with the person on in already recorded line
Conversations with the person on an recorded state line, When you call state officials and you’re already on a recorded line and you tell them that you’re recording the phone call also, and they tell ...
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Is it legal to record TSA agents?
Flying through security checkpoints in the US, I have seen and experienced passengers getting chewed out for choosing opt-out pat-down screening, with agents being extremely annoyed about the extra ...
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Is it legal to record a business call in Canada?
I am using a ZenPhone2 which I set to record all calls.
I had a call with a sales person about a service I was interested in (i was the one that answered the call).
This service offered was not what ...
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Can I use a recorded phone call as evidence in a federal court case if I'm a participant in the conversation (in two single-party consent states)?
Would it be legal for me to record a phone call, without the other party’s explicit knowledge or consent that it was being recorded beforehand, as long as I, a participant in the conversation, consent ...
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Audio recording of intruders in all party consent states
What is the legality of using audio recording in surveillance systems in all party consent states?
For example, suppose I have a security system that has cameras and also microphones located in an all-...
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Taking a picture of a parking offender while still in the car
I occasionally see car drivers parking on the bike lane that I am using. Usually I take a picture of the car and send if off to the city, they issue a parking ticket. These days I had a case where the ...
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Defendant pays witness to say "I don't remember". What can be done to prevent/deal with this?
Say Rob commits a crime against Bob, and Matt witnesses it.
Right after the incident Matt is outraged about what Rob did and sympathetic to Bob. He talks to Bob and assures him that he will tell the ...
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Would Siri making a doctor's appointment breach phone recording laws?
If someone built a virtual assistant like Jarvis from Iron Man it would need to make outgoing phone calls to be effective. For instance, if you wanted it to make a doctor's appointment for you it ...
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Constitutionality of outlawing recording of court proceedings in the United States
In the United States courts seem to be supposed to be public proceedings. For example, if a criminal trial is going on, I believe in most cases I cannot be prevented from entering that room and ...
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Do I need a disclaimer for a camera in a private restroom?
I will be leasing an apartment. Because maintenance personnel will be entering when I am not home, I plan to setup cameras throughout the apartment. I have confirmed this is not a lease violation to ...
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Is recording someone without their direct knowledge in one's own home legal?
Consider the following scenarios:
Alice visits Bob's home and he has surveillance devices in operation for security which record all of their interactions.
Alice visits Bob's home after they go on a ...
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UK GDPR Transcribing calls
I'd like to understand the rules around automated transcribing calls in the UK, from a B2B perspective.
GDPR seems quite clear that if you are recording calls, video and/or audio, you must get consent....
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In France, is it illicit to use a recorded content as a proof, when the person was recorded without knowing it?
I remember hearing more than once from unofficial sources (and from people whose main domain isn't law) that you can't use a recording as a proof at the court, if said recording wasn't taken with the ...
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Can I track vehicles that drive around my property's roads?
I was thinking about putting an automated license plate logger near my mail box to track in-and-out movement of vehicles. It would have timestamps and license plate numbers. I just thought it'd be ...
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Does a doctor have to release medical records from the last 5 years?
My mother stopped seeing a doctor about a year ago. She has been without a PCP. She just procured a new one and was asked to get her medical records. Her old doctors office told me today that those ...
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Can a city ban a person from filming in their own house?
Jake Paul was apparently banned from filming in his own LA house, and it seems like ice Poseidon, another Youtuber has been banned filming (or in his case, streaming) outside and from within his LA ...
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Video recording with owners permission
We are currently in the process of creating a service that records video (in this case in a non-profit tennis court) of the people at the location practicing and/or playing. This is not meant for or ...
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Publishing (non-commercially) a video-interview with a celebrity online, without written consent
Suppose that several years ago a non-profit organization made a short video-interview with one of the most famous US performers, who very rarely gives interviews.
Suppose that it was recorded in ...
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Is it legal to record audio using a phone if the phone has been stolen?
I am thinking of creating a business wherein I use specialized software on a client's phone that can be leveraged in the event that the phone in question gets stolen or the owner kidnapped.
The ...
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Massachusetts wiretapping law when the other party informs of possibly being recorded?
The State of Massachusetts has a wiretapping law that is describe by DMPL.com as follows:
Massachusetts's wiretapping law often referred to is a "two-party
consent" law. More accurately, ...
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Can I be recorded at work without my consent in the UK
My colleague and I suspect that our employers are secretly recording us whilst at work. They have asked questions and passed comments on matters that they would otherwise have no way of knowing we had ...
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Do the police need to tell me they are wearing a bodycam or turn it off before they enter my home?
I have an expectation of privacy within my own home, as such It's generally illegal to film me in my home without my knowledge. I'm wondering how that applies to bodycams on a police officer. If I ...
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Is it legal to film and record in public areas in Sweden?
The title says it all: Is it legal to film and record anything in public areas in Sweden (e.g. using a mobile phone)? Starting from roads/trees/object to people and especially the police (e.g. in a ...
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Does Two-Party Consent Work Two Ways?
I'm in a sketchy business establishment, having a dispute with the owner/representative.
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I'm at the front desk of a cheap motel, complaining about a lack of hot water in my room. The front ...
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Is non-consented video recording admissable evidence in a civil trial in Maryland?
There is a civil case in Circuit Court in Maryland.
The plaintiff in the case has some video that they would like to introduce as a trial exhibit.
The video in question was recorded by the plaintiff ...
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Is one allowed to operate a live-feed drone on the streets in Japan? (Yakuza Judgement)
In Yakuza Judgement, a detective agency often uses a quad-copter drone with a camera providing a live feed in the bustling city in Japan. One use they have for it (which is obviously problematic) is ...
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Phone Recording and phone routing - USA
I am pretty familiar with the legalities of USA one-party and two-party recording laws, but there is one piece of the puzzle that doesn't seem clear.
For some background, I received a call from a ...
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Are recorded conversations regarded as legally binding contracts?
Situation: there is a cell phone account in my sister's name. However, she does not use any of the lines, and she does not pay for it (payment comes out of my personal credit card automatically). I ...
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