Does the owner have the right to view the surveillance video of the property area?

The owner has no right to view the surveillance video of the property area. Although the surveillance video materials belong to all owners, some surveillance video materials are related to the interests of other owners. Based on the requirement of privacy protection for all owners, individual owners have no right to extract surveillance video materials for viewing, and only the public security department can view them.

Legal analysis

Video recording in residential areas will not invade personal privacy. Generally, monitoring probes can only be installed in public places and residential areas, where there is no problem of personal privacy leakage. Although the surveillance video equipment belongs to all owners and involves the interests of other owners, if there is no justifiable reason, individual owners can check it at will, which has certain security risks. Based on the requirement of privacy protection for all owners, the property can formulate corresponding procedures to ensure the privacy safety of most owners before allowing them to watch the surveillance video. Community owners can't adjust the monitoring of the community at will. If you want to monitor, you really need the public security department to come over to monitor. Property requirements are normal. Although the surveillance video materials belong to all owners, some surveillance videos involve the interests of other owners. Considering the requirements for privacy protection of all owners, individual owners have no right to extract surveillance video materials for viewing, but they can extract and view them through the public security department, or they can record some surveillance screenshots related to related matters under the supervision of the public security department and provide them for viewing and copying.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 110 A natural person enjoys the right to life, body, health, name, portrait, reputation, honor, privacy and marital autonomy. Legal persons and unincorporated organizations enjoy the right of name, reputation and honor.

Article 271 The owner shall enjoy the ownership of the exclusive parts of the building such as the residence and business premises, and the condominium of the * * * parts other than the exclusive parts.