Can a tenant inside a house with3 apartments direct a video surveillance camera toward the common entrance into the house without permission?
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Can a tenant inside a house with3 apartments direct a video surveillance camera toward the common entrance into the house without permission?
The camera is facing the entranceway that all 3 tenants (and their families) use. Permission was not given to do this, nor was their any discussion with tenants prior to installation. When asking the landlord, they were unaware and said I should initiate contact. I do not own the house and merely rent one of three apartments. I do not wish to have my childrens’ image on their personal CCTV.
Asked on December 14, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Ohio
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
The tenant that you are writing about can install a video surveillance camera towards the common entrance of the unit you are writing about assuming the landlord has given him or her permission to do so. The problem that you are facing is that you are not the property owner/landlord of the unit you are writing about and have no standing to object to what this one particular tenant has done. Only the landlord/owner can legally voice an objection to have the surveillance camera removed.
Unfortunately, under the laws of this country, neither you nor your children have a justifiable expectation of privacy to not be videa-taped when you are outside the confines of your own rental.
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