Is there a law regarding surveillance cameras on any property?
July 8, 2009 by Surveillance Tips and Advice
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My neighbor has a sureillance camera on their house, it is facing my home and I am not authorizing it. My husband and I communicate outside and I feel that it is invading our privcay of our home. I live in military housing, should the property mgmt be involved or the police? I live in San Diego. Is there any law or act reagarding surveillance cameras?
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My neighbor has a sureillance camera on their house, it is facing my home and I am not authorizing it. My husband and I communicate outside and I feel that it is invading our privcay of our home. I live in military housing, should the property mgmt be involved or the police? I live in San Diego. Is there any law or act reagarding surveillance cameras?
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Surveillance Feedback: There is no law prohibiting videotaping in a public place.
You have no expectation of privacy in public.
Surveillance Feedback: If it is on private property, they can point it wherever they want. The fact that you live in military housing means that you live on federal land. That might make a difference because it is not privately owned property that the camera is on.
Surveillance Feedback: If the neighbor is renting, you could complain to the property owner and ask if they can do some thing. I would caution you as most people that put up surveillance cameras at their home are trying to keep their activities unknown. The police may already be aware of the situation.
Surveillance Feedback: The Supreme court has ruled that you have no expectancy of privacy outside the 4 corners of your dwelling with some very limited exceptions, tanning beds, doctors offices, public and private bathroom, ETC. Your question related to audio recordings is a different matter, a conservation between two parties is a private matter except admissions of criminal activity, or conservation while engsging in criminal activity!~!
Surveillance Feedback: Why don’t you ask the housing manager about the camera and see if they can get you an explanation as to why it is “watching” your house?
It would probably help if they knew that thing is driving you nuts. NO ONE is comfortable knowing someone is looking at them or recording their activity.
Or, you could get a huge sheet of plywood and draw a huge F*ck you finger on it and face it toward the camera. At least, that would definitely get some dialogue started between you and the owner of the camera, at which time you could conveniently ask “just why do you have that stupid camera aimed at my house?”
Who knows? The thing may not even be working?
Good luck!
Surveillance Feedback: If it is military housing, the local police won’t get involved, that is federal propery.
It is not his private property, it is property of the government and I am quite sure they will not allow that.
Contact the housing manager, or the military police.
Surveillance Feedback: I would contact the Base Housing Officer. If that doesn’t work, build a 4′ x 8′ “basketball” backboard and mount it so it blocks the camera at your property lines.
Surveillance Feedback: Need more information. But, you should show it to a local lawyer. Most will answer one question without charge.
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