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Every country has its laws of privacy and surveillance. You want to check your local laws for hidden cameras and other covert surveillance before installing the new equipment.
This article gives a brief overview of existing laws in some countries, the majority of our international visitors.
Canada
In Canada, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) generally require a person to consent before the video orAudio recording in a commercial or business situation.
Consent may be stated explicitly (orally or in writing) or can be specified () is unique, for example, posting on the state of monitoring or advising the caller to record calls.
There are specific procedures in PIPEDA, which must be followed for a registration office. If you want to record calls or conversations with customers or clients, you should consult with PIPEDA for its information.
PIPEDA alsoapply in the workplace / control situations of employees. Under PIPEDA, an employer must inform its staff is generally no personal information is to collect them and why is the collection of data.
These may include video surveillance, monitoring phone monitoring, recording and keystroke e-mail. An employer should be required only the information that the employer's stated purpose in collecting it.
A person (as opposed to a company) to record interviews withthe consent of a party to a conversation. If you are taking the interview, which can get permission from you.
As for the video surveillance, Canada has adopted a law on video voyeurism, which makes it a crime to secretly observe or a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the circumstances and is or should be nude or partially nude or engaged in sexually .
You can not be legally held cameras in bathrooms and locker rooms. One canlegally establish a camera in the bedroom your record roommate.
Note that in addition to federal laws in Canada, your province is also a degree of privacy, surveillance and / or voyeurism laws, which must be controlled.
United Kingdom
Public surveillance cameras (also known as closed circuit television - or CCTV) is in heavy use in the United Kingdom for more than thirty years. It was suggested that there are more CCTV cameras in use in the United Kingdomin other parts of the world.
The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) covers the use of CCTV cameras in Britain, but is not for people who use the cameras could be used personal or household items - only for companies.
People with cameras must be assured that they do not break British law voyeurism watch in private spaces - these are similar to voyeurism laws in Canada and the United States
The Office of the Information Commissioner hasDPA issued guidelines for companies to video surveillance. It must be clearly visible signs that cameras should be in operation for the premises and the cameras in places, to avoid image better, but the inclusion of people outside the local can be made.
Recorded images must be stored safely and not to entities other than those responsible for the control of the company made available to law enforcement. Check with the ICO for all other requirements of yourCompanies have in relation to CCTV.
When the cameras used to monitor workers, are not installed anywhere as private, such as toilets and private offices.
The ICO recommends that workers in general said that should be monitored, but said that disguised or covert surveillance may be acceptable if it is an unusual situation and the employer intends to involve the police in investigations.
In the UK, you should also consider whetherTheir control programmed in accordance with the Regulation of Investigation Powers Act (RIPA), which covers the monitoring of electronic communications.
RIPA allows individuals to record conversations secretly for his own use. Becomes illegal only if the recording is made available to anyone else.
If the person is planning to do to use the recorded conversation in court, or who intends to open the recording in any way, he has the consent of the person who will get itRegistration. There are some exceptions to the general rule RIPA requirements for businesses.
A company may enter the conversation without the consent of all the evidence of a transaction to demonstrate compliance with regulations, to prevent or detect crime, national security or to ensure the effective exercise of a telephone network. Kept for other purposes must obtain the consent of the person, the company is.
Similar to ICO in the guidelines for the use of closed circuit monitorsEmployees via video to recommend RIPA guidelines on electronic surveillance - e-mail, phone calls, and thus - the worker must also be as open and unobtrusive as necessary to fulfill the task of monitoring.
For example, companies should record the routine calls during the normal course of business to offer their employees a necessary tool for personal calls that can not be covered.
The Home Office and the ICO has useful guidelines and checklists for the complaintBusinesses to use in the examination of video or other surveillance systems.
Other EU countries
Over the past ten years the European Union (EU) guidelines for their members in relation to human rights and privacy issued. The result was the legislation of each country, which corresponds with the basic guidelines. English laws mentioned above are good examples.
Without ruling on the laws of every European country, here it is safe to say that they are all similarLaws, the laws of the United Kingdom regarding surveillance and control the past.
As always, though, the laws of his country and the province and the verification / or consult a lawyer.
The latest surveillance technology can be a wonderful help in a difficult situation. It can also help you, your business is running smoothly and profitably. It can also be abused and carried a bit 'of very serious legal headache if you do not understand the laws in forcebefore use.
So if you decide to buy some fantastic new monitoring devices, a quick look at their surveillance and privacy rights, before you press the record button - your observation of the right way, and you can also save a lot of trouble the end!
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