Re: ADI - Policy of Bad Behavior

["ABLE1" <nospamhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"G. Morgan" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ABLE1 Wrote:
>
>>
>>"NickMark" <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:13:12 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>
>>> Must have 2 party consent in Pa. so it is illegal to do it in Pa
>>> regardless of federal law. and companys have had criminal charges lodged
>>> against them
>>
>>
>>Your are correct Nick.  I have told my customers that there is not enough
>>legal documents they can sign that would possibly keep me out of the
>>witness
>>stand if someone decided to sue them for recording voices in a discussion
>>or
>>other wise.
>>
>>However, here in these parts there are convenience stores that have Louroe
>>Verifact A LE-070 microphones on the ceiling above the registers.  A sign
>>on
>>the door states "Audio and Video Recordings are being made and retained",
>>etc etc.
>>
>>Now in my book that is not correct and proper legally.  I just don't talk
>>while in the store.  It does make you wonder what loop hole they think
>>they
>>are using to make it OK??
>
>
> I boils down to "expectation of privacy" here.  In a convenience store
> (or any store) you have none.  In the bathrooms and fitting/changing
> rooms you do in those same stores, but not at the registers.
>
> So, no cameras or microphones in a bathroom or changing room (that would
> include locker rooms at gyms too).  All else is fair game in Texas at
> least.  I don't think a sign is even necessary.
>
> I was asked by a doctor (a psychiatrist at that) to install a microphone
> above his desk so he could record the patients.  I asked if he planned to
> tell the patients they were being recorded and he said no.  I temporarily
> declined the job until he produced a letter from his lawyer that exsolved
> me of any crime and pointed to a legal clause that allowed such
> recordings (which IMO is an area with an expectation of privacy, even
> though the recordings are for the doctor's notes only).  I never heard
> back from him.
>

Basically he decided to either find someone else who didn't care or decided
to get creative and do it himself.

As I said above there is not enough legal paperwork to keep me off the
witness stand.  With that, my stress and BP is markedly lower on the issue.
Which really works for me.  :-)

Les