Is it illegal to monitor the property privately for the owners?

Legal analysis: generally speaking, the monitoring of property is not allowed to the outside world, and private access and copying are prohibited, only the public security organs can. However, there are also provincial and municipal regulations that when the owner's vital interests are damaged, he can consult the video materials related to his own damage, but he can only watch them and cannot copy them. If not, the property is suspected of infringing on the privacy rights of others.

Legal basis: Article 286 of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the owner shall abide by the laws, regulations and management regulations, and relevant actions shall meet the requirements of saving resources and protecting the ecological environment. For property service enterprises or other managers to implement emergency measures and other management measures implemented by the government according to law, the owners shall cooperate with them according to law.

The owners' assembly or the owners' committee has the right to ask the perpetrator to stop the infringement, remove the obstruction, eliminate the danger, restore to the original state and compensate for the loss of any act that damages the legitimate rights and interests of others, such as dumping garbage at will, discharging pollutants or noise, raising animals illegally, building illegally, occupying passages illegally, refusing to pay property fees.

If the owners or other actors refuse to perform relevant obligations, the parties concerned may report or complain to the relevant administrative departments, which shall deal with them according to law.