I live on the first floor of the high-rise building in the community. If I install a camera on the balcony to monitor whether the residents above the garden throw things down, is it legal?

Illegal. At present, there are no special laws and regulations to regulate the installation of monitoring equipment in China. Therefore, it is not allowed to install cameras in private places such as bathrooms and dormitories, and it is not allowed to install cameras outdoors, facing other people's windows and bathrooms. If the monitoring scope of the parties once involved the privacy of others, and the shooting scope was aimed at other households' doors, windows and other places, this behavior changed from monitoring public places to spying on specific households and personnel, which would infringe on the privacy of others. If the images and other materials are made public, it will infringe on the portrait rights of others and should bear corresponding civil liabilities. Once others find this behavior, they can ask the parties to correct it, or they can bring a lawsuit to the court according to the relevant provisions of the civil law, asking the parties to apologize and compensate.

Therefore, individuals who install surveillance cameras in public areas should take the initiative to inform other owners and properties of the community to obtain the understanding of the residents of the community so as not to affect the normal life of others.

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