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Anyone know how this relates to some states' two-party-consent laws? E.g., suppose person A is carrying a smart phone, and has an apparently private conversati
by CoastalCoder 3y ago
Anyone know how this relates to some states' two-party-consent laws?
E.g., suppose person A is carrying a smart phone, and has an apparently private conversation with person B.
Is person A civilly and/or criminally liable for allowing his cell phone to record the conversation?
And, for example, if Cox Media Group made commercial use of that secret recording, could they be liable because they had no good reason to believe all parties consented to the recording?
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoI've wondered similar things ever since "smart speaker" devices started to become common. I live in a single-party consent state so technically if my friend consents to have their conversations recorded it's moot from my perspective, but what about if they leave on a quick trip to the store while I stay in their apartment and say random shit to their cats? (Yeah, it happens sometimes.) Alexa doesn't have permission from me or the cats.
- greenyoda 3y ago> if Cox Media Group made commercial use of that secret recording I don't think the law cares whether the recording is used for commercial purposes or not. It's the act of recording itself that would be illegal.
- Jill_the_Pill 3y agoMaybe they don't need to record the conversation at all -- maybe they interpret on the fly and just preserve observation notes (likely to need tires and a birthday gift for 15 year old male).