You absolutely can. There is no expectation of privacy in any public place except restrooms. You just can record in private homes and of course any private business can set their own rule for recording, but otherwise anybody can record anything in a general public place.
You absolutely can. There is no expectation of privacy in any public place except restrooms.
American standards are third world standards, in civilized countries you cannot just record people, it’s only generally true if you are in a public street, where there absolutely are situations that are protected by privacy such as accidents. Also if you sit in your car or in a restaurant, those are private situations. Glasses that continuously register what you are looking at, are therefore most likely illegal in such situations.
Sure, but let’s be real, the vast majority of people who would buy these would be American.
Also, the same privacy laws apply to the UK and I believe Canada and Australia. That’s a pretty large population, not just Americans. Sure the EU is well known for having much better privacy laws (much better laws in general IMO), but by no means are they the majority.
Look, I know you are trying to make a point and/or troll, but the fact of the matter is that it is perfectly legal to do so. At least in the US. Even if parents don’t like it or protest and even if they get some wanna-be-superhero cop to make an arrest, it would just get thrown out in court. As long as it is public property anyone can record or take photos of anyone else.
When people do that with smartphones, it’s a conscious decision by the user to record whatever they are recording, and it’s up to the user to decide whether it’s legal.
Google Glasses record indiscriminately, and will also record illegally, for instance in a situation where there has been an accident, where the people involved have privacy protection. Or if you go into a restaurant, where people also have an expectation of privacy that is protected. Or if you are sitting in your car, which is also protected by privacy.
So unless the glasses correctly can account for all privacy situations and stop recording, they should be illegal. And since the privacy situation can only be determined AFTER having actually recorded it, I don’t see how they can be legal.
Except maybe in USA, where laws don’t matter if you are a tech company.
Those glasses will have to be illegal to wear in public. You can’t legally just walk around recording everybody. Which these glasses do.
You absolutely can. There is no expectation of privacy in any public place except restrooms. You just can record in private homes and of course any private business can set their own rule for recording, but otherwise anybody can record anything in a general public place.
American standards are third world standards, in civilized countries you cannot just record people, it’s only generally true if you are in a public street, where there absolutely are situations that are protected by privacy such as accidents. Also if you sit in your car or in a restaurant, those are private situations. Glasses that continuously register what you are looking at, are therefore most likely illegal in such situations.
Sure, but let’s be real, the vast majority of people who would buy these would be American.
Also, the same privacy laws apply to the UK and I believe Canada and Australia. That’s a pretty large population, not just Americans. Sure the EU is well known for having much better privacy laws (much better laws in general IMO), but by no means are they the majority.
UK has CCTV everywhere.
UK also isn’t in the EU, and lack of protection of privacy was a serious problem when they were.
Take a video camera to a playground full of kids and get back to us.
Look, I know you are trying to make a point and/or troll, but the fact of the matter is that it is perfectly legal to do so. At least in the US. Even if parents don’t like it or protest and even if they get some wanna-be-superhero cop to make an arrest, it would just get thrown out in court. As long as it is public property anyone can record or take photos of anyone else.
It’s very much not legal to film random children in Europe
Are you sure about that? People already do that using smartphones…
When people do that with smartphones, it’s a conscious decision by the user to record whatever they are recording, and it’s up to the user to decide whether it’s legal.
Google Glasses record indiscriminately, and will also record illegally, for instance in a situation where there has been an accident, where the people involved have privacy protection. Or if you go into a restaurant, where people also have an expectation of privacy that is protected. Or if you are sitting in your car, which is also protected by privacy.
So unless the glasses correctly can account for all privacy situations and stop recording, they should be illegal. And since the privacy situation can only be determined AFTER having actually recorded it, I don’t see how they can be legal.
Except maybe in USA, where laws don’t matter if you are a tech company.