Is it illegal to have CCTV in places such as gym changing rooms and locker rooms?
May 15, 2009 by Surveillance Tips and Advice
Filed under GPS Tracking, CCTV, DVR & Private Investigation
Can you answer Paul B’s question about Surveillance?:
Is it legal to have CCTV cameras or any form of CCTV in changing rooms and locker rooms?
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Is it legal to have CCTV cameras or any form of CCTV in changing rooms and locker rooms?
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Surveillance Feedback: Yes. It is a basic privacy issue.
Surveillance Feedback: Of course it isn’t legal, unless you have permission from the users. That is considered an invasion of privacy, same as putting one in the bathroom.
Surveillance Feedback: um yes it is…..there is never a reason to have a camera in a locker room unless your a sexual predator.
Surveillance Feedback: It is only illegal to have CCTV in an area where privacy is expected. In locker rooms within a gym such as Gold’s Gym there is little expectation of privacy since people can come and go as they please.
However, in a changing room, there is a different expectation of privacy as there is a lock on the door. You can have a CCTV just outside the dressing room, but not inside.
As for the locker room, you can probably have a CCTV in certain areas, but they may be required to let you know.
Surveillance Feedback: In the U.S. it very illegal.
When you are in a public place, privacy is not expected nor protected. CCTV cameras are permitted in these places.
If you are in a place that a reasonable person would consider private (such as bathroom stalls and changing rooms) then your privacy is protected by Federal law and any type of cameras are illegal.
Surveillance Feedback: if i were getting beat up in the locker room, I would hope there was CCTV, but if I was getting undressed etc I would hope there wasnt.
I guess that there has to be CCTV and the people who view it need to be discretional. I think its totally legal as long as people know that its going on and can maybe chioose to get changed in a private cubicle.