Nest cams

nige1980

Was wondering if anyone could help with the legality of using internal Nest cams in a domestic property? I am considering renting out a spare room on a night by night basis (AirBnB etc) and want to install a couple of Nest cams in the living room and kitchen for security purposes.

Are there any legal issues with doing this? Would be grateful for any advice.

Tyler_Du

Dont know about the legal side of it, however if I was looking to book a holiday / break and discovered that the living room / kitchen areas had CCTV I'd look / book elsewhere.

Neil_Jones

The only main legal issues I can think of invasion of privacy and consent to record somebody's image. That and probably having to put some signs up stating it, though this may be more for commercial properties than domestic.

Gloomendoom

Tyler_Durden_UK wrote: »

Dont know about the legal side of it, however if I was looking to book a holiday / break and discovered that the living room / kitchen areas had CCTV I'd look / book elsewhere.

Likewise. If they were there when I arrived, I would insist that they were disconnected or do it myself.

neilmcl

Agree with the points made above. Don't expect to get much custom when you tell them you have CCTV/wireless cameras installed and in use in the house, after all would you want that in somewhere you stay?

And if you decide to use them in a clandestine way then you will be opening yourself up to all sorts of legal issues.