Can you install surveillance at home?

It depends. There is no explicit prohibition on whether individuals can install surveillance cameras, but this does not mean that they can install cameras at will. Anyone who infringes on public security interests or the privacy of others will bear corresponding legal responsibilities.

Legal analysis

It is no problem for individuals to install cameras in their own homes with the permission of the monitored objects, without infringing on the privacy of other households, but it is best to inform the property office before installation and get the understanding of neighbors. At the same time, the installer has a confidentiality obligation to the content shot by the surveillance camera. If it is illegally used and disseminated without the permission of others, it will infringe on the privacy of others and violate the law. There are two gaps in the approval and supervision of privately installed cameras. If citizens install cameras to protect personal property, then the shooting scope only involves personal living space and public places, which is generally not prohibited by law. If the shooting range of the camera involves other people's private living space, indoor, courtyard, windows and other related areas, it is an invasion of other people's privacy. It is suggested that relevant departments should formulate laws on monitoring and installation as soon as possible to regulate the behavior of families and individuals installing monitoring cameras. In short, it is not illegal to install surveillance cameras at home as long as it does not involve the privacy of others.

legal ground

Article 245 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Whoever illegally searches another person's body or residence, or illegally invades another person's residence, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. Any judicial officer who abuses his power and commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be given a heavier punishment.

Article 42 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law shall be detained for less than five days or fined less than five hundred yuan for any of the following acts; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan: (1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means; (2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others; (3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment; (4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives; (5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others; (six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.