Is CCTV legal in a room rental apartment?

[sundaymorningstaple]

Outsiders cannot come in and use the facilities willy-nilly. The Renter's/owners have right of access, but outsiders must be invited in. This is even controlled by guards manning the gate as well -

Assuming those guards are actually doing something other than sitting on their arses reading a newspaper or playing cards with eachother. I've yet to see a condo security guard do any work in the dozens of ones I've visited and certainly have never been stopped walking into the main entrance of any of them

I am, of course, talking about the principle, not necessarily the execution. How many owners would sit down every day to look at all the photos/tapes of the cctv in the house. Anyway, we all should be getting used to the 1984 scenario by now, especially with all of the reality shows on TV.

[sundaymorningstaple]

Did you think of putting a plastic bag over the camera?

No, but I've though about bagging some of the girls I've "known" in years gone by. I finally threw away my beer goggles!

[x9200]

Did you think of putting a plastic bag over the camera?

There is a condo - forgot the name, pretty new, opposite to BTT Plaza, where the developer got the idea of installing cctv in all the units. Two apartments we visited had plastic bags over the cameras

[JR8]

Did you think of putting a plastic bag over the camera?

There is a condo - forgot the name, pretty new, opposite to BTT Plaza, where the developer got the idea of installing cctv in all the units. Two apartments we visited had plastic bags over the cameras

Pretty damned obvious thing to do. We used to have them in the lifts in NYC so sex was off-limits there

[JR8]

Did you think of putting a plastic bag over the camera?

No, but I've though about bagging some of the girls I've "known" in years gone by. I finally threw away my beer goggles!

Que? You been on the sherry?

[x9200]

Also, as we didn't like the CCTV idea, I changed the router configuration so the cameras were not recording anymore (MAC address filtering). Now he thinks that I deleted all the recorded data and he is advising me that it is ilegal and he is very angry with us.

Overlooked this part... who's router is it?

Can anyone give me an advise? I don't know what to do...

I am not sure. It is kinda gray area. IMHO it is a violation of the privacy but not that significant to break the contract.

[durain]

install your own cctv and alarm in your room.

[JR8]

This is one of the weirder threads that I could imagine...

[carlsum1986]

take your clothes off and walk aaround naked in the common area if you are a guy.....the landlord would definitely not like what he sees.....

[sundaymorningstaple]

Depends. Could be a Tai-Tai!

[QRM]

Did you think of putting a plastic bag over the camera?

There is a condo - forgot the name, pretty new, opposite to BTT Plaza, where the developer got the idea of installing cctv in all the units. Two apartments we visited had plastic bags over the cameras

The loft condo all have CCTV in the living room, again nice idea at the time, so the owners can check who is coming or going, but as a tenant it seems a bit odd. When we first looked at the apartment some one stuck a panty pad on the camera.

A condo in KL takes a snap shot of everyone who presses the door entry phone button. LOL the wife/hubbie can then scan through all the people who have entered the property.

[QRM]

take your clothes off and walk aaround naked in the common area if you are a guy.....the landlord would definitely not like what he sees.....

or have a laugh and get ghostly outlines etc and parade them around the room, amazed how many people around here believe in those scam ghost videos.

Set up fake murders, or cannibal dinners .

[carlsum1986]

take your clothes off and walk aaround naked in the common area if you are a guy.....the landlord would definitely not like what he sees.....

or have a laugh and get ghostly outlines etc and parade them around the room, amazed how many people around here believe in those scam ghost videos.

Set up fake murders, or cannibal dinners .

hahahahhahaa

+1

[ev-disinfection]

Well, what i would do if there is a cctv in the living room, is a "mission impossible" which is to take a picture of the exact view that the cctv is capturing and clip it, in front of the cctv.

Maybe cocorossello can talk to the police for their advise,
i think that the cctv installed is crazy, first time i have ever heard of this...
but the entering into your rented room by the landlord is a no no... he should have informed you prior...

[solsav]

I rented a room, the owner installed a CCTV in the living room without seeking my consent first, stating that they don't have the habit of securing their stuff so hence the camera. Based on the contract I have the right to use the kitchen area (open kitchen visible from living room where the camera is installed) for laundry and light cooking. Though, since I'm not a lawyer I don't know if there's any law, or parts of PDPA, that allow a landlord to install CCTV that inevitably will capture my video. Anyone with info or pointer to where I can find good info on this?

Edit: PDPA turns out to be only applying to organizations and not individuals