The smarter, the better – that’s usually how technology geeks do it. For many people, a smart doorbell with image transmission and video surveillance is simply part of life. However, the legal situation is not so simple and clear. We asked around.
Most people in this country already know that you have to be careful about how and what they record with surveillance cameras – only your own property or your own front door is allowed –: “From § 16 ABGB, according to which every human being has innate rights that already be clear to reason “Every person has a general right to respect for their private and secret sphere,” explains lawyer Martin Bleckmann. “It follows that systematic video surveillance – for example by neighbors – normally constitutes an impermissible interference with these rights. The result is an order that can be enforced in court.” But that means that even with a smart doorbell you have to be careful.
Source: Krone
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