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nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 17 hours ago
Where I live, recording someone without their consent -- even in public -- is a crime.
I have personally argued both sides on this. Over time I have come to favor it.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
That’s interesting. In North America this was largely litigated during the era of film photography and common law went in the other direction. You do not have control over being recorded or photographed in a situation where there is not have a reasonable expectation of privacy - at least for non-commercial purposes. Restaurants and walking around in public are classic examples of this.
I honestly wasn’t even aware of jurisdictions that had an opposite approach.
ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
It’s like this in pretty much all of continental Europe afaik. You have to accept being filmed in public simply due to the fact that you’re in public, for example, if a documentary about your city is being filmed and you walk into it, or the news, etc. However, it’s not allowed to film someone specifically or take their picture without their consent, as in the restaurant example in the OP.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 7 hours ago
I was being a bit loose. You can video record people in public -- just not audio. Any audio on your video recording device makes it illegal.
There are 13 US states like this
https://recordinglaw.com/party-two-party-consent-states/