Security Cameras and United States Laws

Security Cameras inside (interior) a house.

If a camera is placed in the bathroom or in a dormitory and the system records a person being undressed or doing its necessities, well, that is, obviously, against the law.
It has invaded the civic privacy of a person and for that reason has broken the Constitution U.S. But if the cameras in common zones of its home for the purpose of the caution they are placed and the prevention of the crime, is not a violation of the law in the majority of the states.

There are 13 states that prohibit the installation of hidden cameras at home without the consent of the ones that live in her.

These states are:
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Utah and all they say that to utilize any device to film, to photograph, to observe or to listen the events or sounds in a private place without the permission of the occupants is against their laws.

Many of the 13 states only require a notification as a sign (indicative Placard) before using cameras.
But, in general, the majority of the recordings of video they are legal in the United States, with or without consent.

The majority of the businesses and business in general; just as the cities utilize Security Cameras Systems to dissuade delinquencies, offenders of the laws of, to help to prevent and to have enough elements (proof) when they open then self an investigation by a crime... among others.

Security Cameras outside/around (exterior) a house.
If you place cameras out of a house destined to the doors, windows, patio and garden, the intention is clear.

You want to have the control of the activity in and around the house. But on the contrary if indicates a camera toward the house of neighbors with the intention to spy them, you’re violating United States laws because you’re violating the right to the privacy of its neighbors.

If you are going to utilize these cameras to spy people with criminal intentions, that invade its privacy, this is a violation of the Constitution, and then you are violating the law. If it is utilizing the cameras with the intention to protect your property, to prevent delinquencies and to help the police to resolve a crime that would be able to have occurred in his property, then is NOT infringing the law and I am sure that the police will be able to appreciate the help.

At any time our recommendations is that when buy a Security Cameras System and is going to be install it in your house keep in mind these recommendations and also to consider the idea about consulting with the county and its locality to know about any law (if any) in the area or any city that specifies what you should do to keep in mind at the moment when installing a security system.