My neighbor across the street has installed a video surveillance camera that is pointed directly at and filming the front of my house-yard, mailbox, front door, windows, everything. I have no issue with him wanting to keep his home safe but we have had problems with this neighbor and now he is videoing my home. Does anyone know the legalities of video surveillance on someone elses home? If it makes any difference we live in Florida
2006-08-13 14:22:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I believe he can video it but not get your audio without your permission.
2006-08-13 14:28:32 · answer #1 · answered by Mike K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah...sounds like a great situation. Have a polite talk with him about mounting the camera over his door and pointing it down--or in a position that wouldn't point at your house. Then send a letter or see about other options. I don't know about that, but I do know about cameras: he can't see into your house. There are many issues: lighting, resolution...chances are he can only tell with clarity what you're doing outside of your house during the daytime. If you have your lights on, he might be able to see shadows in the dark.
Look up your state's regulations on surveillance and see if you can do anything.
2006-08-13 21:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by Gremlin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strictly speaking, he can videotape anything from his house that he could see while standing on his property. He can even aim cameras at your windows. He may not be able to zoom in on activities inside the house, but you won't be able to know if he does that or not without getting a copy of any tape. He cannot record any conversations with a mike at the same time he's taping without your consent, but again you probably can't tell if he's doing that either.
There is, however, the issue of harassment, and if the circumstances make it clear to a reasonable person that the primary purpose of the camera is to observe your activities and thereby curtail them, disturb you, cause fear, anxiety, etc., then you may have a case for getting the camera removed - or at least have him ordered to point it elsewhere.
2006-08-13 21:36:12 · answer #3 · answered by Grist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laws vary from state to state. Consult a laws in your state by going online or contacting the Attorney General's office in your state. Also look up "privacy laws" in your state. Videotaping and surveillance. I don't think what they're doing is legal on the face of the information that you have given so far, but I wonder if there isn't something prior going on.
2006-08-13 21:31:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Videotaping your house without your consent is an intrusion into your privacy and it is protected by the bill of rights in the constitution. File a complaint with the local police station nearest your residence and support it with evidence.
2006-08-13 21:57:49 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would check with your police dept. Sometimes it's legal if you are considered to have no expectation of privacy, as if in a public place.
It could be that you are being stalked or harrassed.
2006-08-13 21:29:01 · answer #6 · answered by Cookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does not matter where you live.If he suspects that you will do something to him,his car,his property, or his home,getting it on video will without a doubt prove that you were the one or ones that did it.
2006-08-13 21:30:42 · answer #7 · answered by Willnotlietoyou 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's freaky, maybe you can ask the cops or something?
2006-08-13 21:29:15 · answer #8 · answered by amy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES ITS BY THE CIA TO TRACK TERRORISTS AND I THINK THE CIA ARE ON TO U.....THEY THINK U HAVE TERRORIST CONNECTIONS AHAHAHAHAH
2006-08-13 21:40:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋