What can I do about someone video recording me without my permission and showing it to the public?
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What can I do about someone video recording me without my permission and showing it to the public?
I was out at a club dancing provocatively and now their playing the video. I was unaware at the time and I received a call because someone recognized me.
Asked on April 29, 2012 under Personal Injury, Virginia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately for you, if you were out in public and you were videotaped dancing in a provacative manner and you are now being depicted doing so on the internet, there really is not much that you can do other than to contact the company that the "feed" is going through and request that it be shut down.
The reason that there is not much you can do about the embarassing manner that you are being depicted is that when you were videotaped, you had no justifiable expectation of privacy being out in public and acting in the manner you were.
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