Hope he finds a good lawyer. I wouldn't put up with that.
As long as they're all on his own property and focused on property that's within public view (ie not explicitly focused on private backyards or into peoples windows, that sort of thing); the city has no right to dictate how many cameras he operates.
Laws like this are enforced selectively, by design. If they were serious about privacy, they’d be issuing citations to everybody with a ring doorbell. Not just because the videos always face public areas, but because the recordings are stored insecurely on US datacentres.
I agree in principle, though they should 100% go after Ring cameras and Teslas first.
Cameras operated by the homeowner, with the video stored on site and not in the cloud, are fine by me. I have some.
Don't let those Flock fuckheads into your country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Safety
Can the city do that? I'd just ignore their request.
This is just dumb
Absolute bullshit, even on the privacy front.
There is no expectation of privacy in public spaces, and the fact that the "executive director" of Global Privacy and Security gets this wrong is highly disappointing. That said, the "latest news & events" on the Global Privacy and Security site is dated back to 2019... so there's that.
And much of the footage shown in the report are people trying to steal shit or break into vehicles around this guy's property!
Also, if this guy is forced to remove those cameras, what about dashcams and cameras on businesses pointing to public areas? Cameras on banks or at police stations? Traffic cameras? Weather cameras? Will they all be ordered to remove them?
Of course not, because this is fucking stupid.
I have cameras, and they've been used to help police several times. FFS, you can even register your home cameras with police!
Someone complained, and the city needed to respond. He should just ignore the order, which would be impossible to enforce without affecting every homeowner, driver, and business with a camera.
Note to self:
In future recess when installing all outdoor cams as to make them harder to spot.
This looks like a rental unit with all the numbers on the mailboxes. Might be stalking other tenants?
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