QueenofEngland
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
I'm clueless on this. On the property we live on is a house, a studio connected to it, and a garage converted to a "cottage." We are in the main house, someone else is in the studio, and the tenant in the "cottage" we just found out is the landlord's sister and is possible co-owner of the property as well. Aside from not being too happy finding out we live next door to the co-landlord we didn't realize we had...
Today I went to the mail box and there was a sign taped to the post. "You are being recorded." On the fence leading into the studio, the same sign. On the cottage, nothing. Apparently that person doesn't need to be notified. Presumably she set up the recording, or her sister did.
I have not been able to find where a camera could be, but I am EXTREMELY uncomfortable with our comings and goings being recorded. We have no reason to trust the landlord at all. And before you suggest it, we ARE moving. I wish it were possible to leave tonight. We aren't partiers, rarely have company at all. It's us and our toddler in this house.
Is it legal for a landlord to record a tenant without their permission? We can't opt out the same way we could opt out of a phone call by hanging up.
I'm clueless on this. On the property we live on is a house, a studio connected to it, and a garage converted to a "cottage." We are in the main house, someone else is in the studio, and the tenant in the "cottage" we just found out is the landlord's sister and is possible co-owner of the property as well. Aside from not being too happy finding out we live next door to the co-landlord we didn't realize we had...
Today I went to the mail box and there was a sign taped to the post. "You are being recorded." On the fence leading into the studio, the same sign. On the cottage, nothing. Apparently that person doesn't need to be notified. Presumably she set up the recording, or her sister did.
I have not been able to find where a camera could be, but I am EXTREMELY uncomfortable with our comings and goings being recorded. We have no reason to trust the landlord at all. And before you suggest it, we ARE moving. I wish it were possible to leave tonight. We aren't partiers, rarely have company at all. It's us and our toddler in this house.
Is it legal for a landlord to record a tenant without their permission? We can't opt out the same way we could opt out of a phone call by hanging up.