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I need help advocating for privacy in my HOA, which wants to set up cameras in common areas (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by NaNin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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A new neighbor moved in and is really advocating for them, but I think most people in the HOA are split. It's come up after some recent thefts after someone left a garage door open. I'm thinking of organizing my arguments like this:

Even with a camera capturing a thief's face, police are unlikely to actually catch the person or retreive the stolen property.
Invasion of personal privacy, I don't like being tracked and my whereabouts being monitored
Surrendering biometric data without my consent
Police / ICE using the data without permission to harass our residents

How does this sound? It's so exhausting fighting against this. Does anyone have any other good points or articles that can provide support? Many thanks in advance

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[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cameras allow the HOA to monitor residents, whether or not they're technically allowed to

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

This is a good one, and perhaps, depending on your jurisdiction, it could open the HOA to potential civil litigation for privacy violations. There may also be requirements for reporting or retention if law enforcement or a court requests it, and that's additional overhead.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 14 hours ago

This is a great point. Do the cameras have microphones? Is it a two-party/all-party consent state?

Now you need to get consent from every person who might end up being recorded.