my boss just recently installed some top of the line video cameras every where in the restaurant I work at. They include video and audio surveillance, I feel that my privacy is invaded by this, and he did not ask any of his employee’s consent before installing them last week, and now all he does is call the restaurant every 10 min to yell at the workers even if they so much as look like they are going to talk to another person, I guess my point is does he have any legal right to do this, if he doesn’t please send me any sources where you found your information, thank you.
I don’t know, somehow this relates to the book 1984. This assignment is apart of my book report and I am totally stumped. I have look for some examples I just can’t find anything. If someone could throw a couple of ideas my way I would really appreciate it!
"Create a timeline of about 10 events starting in 1970 and extending to around 2030, which tracks developments in or problems with the ways video /audio surveillance is used and predicts what is likely to happen in the next 20 years"
1. After each move Mr. Kramnik immediately heads to the rest room and from it directly to the bathroom. During every game he visited the relaxation room 25 times at the average and the bathroom more than 50 times – the bathroom is the only place without video surveillance.
2. Unlike Mr. Kramnik, the World Champion Veselin Topalov spends his time mainly at the playing table. The average number of times he visited the rest room and the bathroom is 8 and 4 respectively.
A short statistical sample derived from the camera recordings in the rest room during the third game shows:
15.54 – Kramnik plays move 15
15.55 – Goes into the bathroom
15.56 – Goes out of the bathroom
15.57 – Goes into the bathroom
15.59 – Goes out of the bathroom
16.03 – Goes into the bathroom
16.04 – Goes out the bathroom
16.07 – Comes out for move 16
The behavior of Mr. Kramnik is very similar to the above during all games played so far.
The logical question arises: How many times during a game does a player need to go to the bathroom and with what regularity? The logical answer is: between 5 -10 times at the most, but not 50 as the statistics from the games played so far shows.
We would like to once again remind you that the bathroom is the only place without video or audio surveillance.
In our opinion these facts are quite strange, if not suspicious.
My office has a video/audio surveillance and we have a sign up saying that there is such a system in place. But someone told me that it is illegal to record audio. We are in California. Is this true?
I appreciate all the answers, but my main question was regarding audio. Does the company need to notify each employee in writing that audio recording is in place aside from the signs posted?
I am doing some research on home audio surveillance. I found this discussion:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=355638
which basically said video surveillance is legal under state/federal laws, but if you add audio to it, you run into legal problems. There are legal grey areas where the law is untested and in some cities/states illegal. Why, if you have a nanny cam with audio in your own home, is it illegal? And what can I do to change these laws, test it in court or lobby some congressmen?
http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:uTQYabG5OrwJ:www.lawtechjournal.com/notes/2002/20_020819_sann.php+nannycam+%2B+lawsuit&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://www.securityworld.com/infocenter/should-you-videotape-your-nanny/
You worry about surveillance laws because of litigation, who wants to spend million defending lawsuits.
I am talking of course of electronic bugs that transmit audio surveillance. What do they look like typically? How can you find them if they are placed in something you own or where you live? If someone's car is bugged where would you look to see where the bug is located? Would the bug be connected to the car battery or would it be independent of any wiring from the car's electronic interface itself? Without expensive equipment how would I find these devices?
I’ve been reading the “Rain” series of contemporary fiction novels, and Rain (an assassin) has a detector he keeps in his pocket that “detects” some kind of wave length (side-band? or similar I think it was called) that video camera’s produce. The detector also detects audio surveillance. The author never differentiates between wireless and hard-wired devices, this little thing picks up everything within about 10 meters or so if I recall correctly.
I’m just wondering if that is actually possible or if it is literary license. If it is possible, how?