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Neighbour - Ring camera in communal flat corridor - allowed?

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  • AlexMac
    AlexMac Posts: 3,063 Forumite
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    When my paranoid neighbours on our street residents' association tasked us with feasability on CCTV a couple of years ago, I did a quick check on the legalities; to find that, in typical British bureaucratic fashion, while there are reams of regulatory guidance, none is enforced.  The Office of the Information Commisioner, is about as useful as a chocolate teapot, the rules don't apply to individuals or unconstituted bodies,  and the codes which apply to Commercial and Public bodies are toatlly useless.  There is even a Surveillance Camera Commissioner which has no enforcement or inspection powers.

    So whatever you fear, you are not protected by law or regulation!

    A bit like £40 billion of test track n trace which has little impact on the prob!

     
  • md258
    md258 Posts: 186 Forumite
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    I'd agree with the OP in that I don't want Amazon knowing everytime anyone has come to my door, even if I wasn't doing anything dodgy. In my opinion, the big tech companies almost never delete data and could probably analyse it to find exactly who everyone was if they wanted to. I also wouldn't want my neighbour knowing every time I got lucky on a night out or thinking that I/my partner was having an affair or any number of other scenarios.

    As for what you could do about it, I'd say the best option would be to talk to the neighbour. Is it triggered by someone at or walking to your door, and if so, can they angle it away?
  • I have a RING doorbell. They are brilliant. They set an area to pick up motion and you get an alert. Also an alert if the bell is rung. Records for about 45 seconds. 

    I certainly dont go looking at every notification or spy on neighbours etc. 

    Its been handy loads of times for deliveries, proving only one item delivered from a set of two, catches conversations at the door and all round one of the best things Ive ever had. Very handy for security. 
  • cymruchris
    cymruchris Posts: 5,551 Forumite
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    Densol said:
    I have a RING doorbell. They are brilliant. They set an area to pick up motion and you get an alert. Also an alert if the bell is rung. Records for about 45 seconds. 

    I certainly dont go looking at every notification or spy on neighbours etc. 

    Its been handy loads of times for deliveries, proving only one item delivered from a set of two, catches conversations at the door and all round one of the best things Ive ever had. Very handy for security. 
    And that's probably why the neighbour has bought one - rather than to spy on the OP's wallpaper patterns and shopping bags.
  • I think I'd be more interested in washing my hair than spend five minutes wondering if someone is spying on me through their Ring doorbell.  'You'd worry less about what people think about you if you realised how seldom they do' (In the nicest sense, I doubt you are that interesting lol).  I doubt your neighbours care in the slightest about recording inside your flat, or what you do on the hallway.  Human rights?  Oh dear.  I think you need a new hobby or something!
  • unforeseen
    unforeseen Posts: 7,367 Forumite
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    I wonder if you expect anybody in the communal area keeping their eyes closed so they don't see and remember what you are doing. 
    Does you neighbour have to leave the flat with an eyemask on? Do you do the same to keep things equal and fair? 
  • mobileron
    mobileron Posts: 1,218 Forumite
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    They can be adjusted not to cover your area,so when you walk down the street past Boots Wilko post Office Debenhams etc what about there cameras.
    Then dont forget all the council cameras following you around,the positive is you will be able to see the burglar that broke into your flat for free.
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