what is law re being unknowingly filmed

hunnybunnybaby

trying to delete thread..due to incorrect wording

Peregrinus

hunnybunnybaby wrote: »

hi guys..
i have consistantly for the last year been filmed in my private residence (home) against my knowlege regarding a courtcase im involved in.
is it legal for the person who filmed this to have done this...and can it be used in court?
thank you in advance..all comments welcome.
h.b.b.

Do you mean inside the house?

Are they filming you through a window?

Have they smuggled a camera into your house?

Or are you being filmed by someone else who lives in the house?

Tom Young

The simple answer is if you can prove it, then you can stop it.

Most people develop healthy paranoia around cases and surveillance.

Report suspicious activity to the Gardai, etc.

That is all.

Tom Young

Stop posting on the Internet and let your legal advisers and the Gardai deal with it.

Tom Young

Did you read the charter? We don't do legal advice. Sorry.

krd

I heard an ad on the radio last night.

Apparently, as the ad said, only specially licensed installers are allowed install CCTV. (The ad was some CCTV installer company - the guy said it was a criminal offence to use an unlicensed installer).

I had really never heard of such a thing. Installing a CCTV is child's play.

chops018

We can talk about hypothetical situations. Would have been very easy to make the above hypothetical. Not to sound like a mod here but the charter is there to protect you not Tom, all posts should only be construed as personal opinions and not legal opinions or advice.

This would probably be a nice place to start:

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0019/print.html

You also have constitutional protection and protection under the European Convention on Human Rights regarding the right to privacy.

I think there is also old threads discussing something similar to this, if you use the forum search function you might find info on it.

Tom Young

The difficulty arises that people can compromise serious claims by posting data here. It is difficult and we of course feel for your predicament in the circumstances.

NoQuarter

hunnybunnybaby wrote: »

although it does seem like a bit of a waste of internet space having a legal section in this forum if we cant try to discuss certain issues before we meet our solicitors

Sure, i'll just ask all my legal questions, exam advice, law career advice and general discussion on changes and application of law in After Hours from now on. Thanks for pointing that out.

Procrastastudy

Legal Discussion forum not Legal Advice forum. Clue is in the name.

chops018

Procrastastudy wrote: »

Legal Discussion forum not Legal Advice forum. Clue is in the name.

Just saw that we can't speak hypothetically now.

Procrastastudy

chops018 wrote: »

Just saw that we can't speak hypothetically now.

Much confusion Not sure if it's hypothetical advice to real situations or hypotheticals full stop. To be fair people where useless at setting them up properly anyway. 2 or 3 posts in it was always blindingly obvious it was a real life scenario.

Strawberry Fields

Kate Middleton is that you?

Strawberry Fields

Irish law already contains strong protections of privacy, which would easily cover the Star’s republication of the French photographs. To take one example, the Irish courts have held that the publication by a local newspaper of a photograph of a GAA player whose shorts suffered a wardrobe malfunction constituted an invasion of his privacy. The same reasoning would plainly cover the Star’s publication of these photographs.

Moreover, many cases have held that the publication of secretly made audio and video recordings can constitute an invasion of privacy; and the same reasoning would plainly cover the surreptitious means by which the photos of the duchess were taken.

On the other hand, the High Court has also held that there was no public interest in the publication of the intimate details of an affair between a priest and a married, albeit separated, parishioner. The same reasoning would plainly cover the Star’s publication of these photographs.

For all of these reasons, it is clear Irish law already provides a full and appropriate legal remedy to those whose privacy is unjustifiably invaded. A privacy bill is not necessary.



Taken from this article worth a read op http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/flawed-privacy-bill-offers-us-no-protection-208005.html