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> helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors, and Tile trackers work better at home and beyond the front door.

> helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors, and Tile trackers work better at home and beyond the front door. I hope they inform their customers that filming and recording public spots or other people's houses in Europe requires advertising the presence of CCTV and adhering to data protection laws. I have a feeling that in the coming years the number of neighbours suing each other for this kind of thing will become more prevalent.

Spare_account 5y ago
>I hope they inform their customers that filming and recording public spots or other people's houses in Europe requires advertising the presence of CCTV and adhering to data protection laws. I live in the EU and have a camera on the front of my garage, pointing at the street and partially covering my opposite neighbour's house. I'd like to understand more about which rules I need to adhere to, I was unaware of this. Can you point me towards some resources on the subject?
- FartyMcFarter 5y ago
  Here are a few links as a starting point: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/domestic-cctv-systems-guidance-for-people-using-cctv/ https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/domestic-cctv-systems-g... https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e5486933-1806-4c73-9805-ed82fac8f134 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e5486933-1806... https://www.netatmo.com/en-gb/guides/security/burglary/regulation/personal-surveillance-camera-regulation https://www.netatmo.com/en-gb/guides/security/burglary/regul...
  - Spare_account 5y ago
    Thanks!
dd_roger 5y ago
It's plain illegal in Switzerland regardless of CCTV signs. Even dashcams are in a gray area where it should technically be illegal but it has never been enforced before a court as far as I know (dashcam are extremely rare here anyway). I wonder how it works for Tesla cars that record their surrounding when parked, maybe they don't have that feature here. Surveillance of public areas is only permited with very good reasons (e.g protecting outdoor ATMs) and must be restricted at the minimum required to serve its purpose.

Spare_account 5y ago

>I hope they inform their customers that filming and recording public spots or other people's houses in Europe requires advertising the presence of CCTV and adhering to data protection laws. I live in the EU and have a camera on the front of my garage, pointing at the street and partially covering my opposite neighbour's house. I'd like to understand more about which rules I need to adhere to, I was unaware of this. Can you point me towards some resources on the subject?

FartyMcFarter 5y ago
Here are a few links as a starting point: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/domestic-cctv-systems-guidance-for-people-using-cctv/ https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/domestic-cctv-systems-g... https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e5486933-1806-4c73-9805-ed82fac8f134 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e5486933-1806... https://www.netatmo.com/en-gb/guides/security/burglary/regulation/personal-surveillance-camera-regulation https://www.netatmo.com/en-gb/guides/security/burglary/regul...
- Spare_account 5y ago
  Thanks!

dd_roger 5y ago

It's plain illegal in Switzerland regardless of CCTV signs. Even dashcams are in a gray area where it should technically be illegal but it has never been enforced before a court as far as I know (dashcam are extremely rare here anyway). I wonder how it works for Tesla cars that record their surrounding when parked, maybe they don't have that feature here. Surveillance of public areas is only permited with very good reasons (e.g protecting outdoor ATMs) and must be restricted at the minimum required to serve its purpose.