How to install and monitor the corridor without breaking the law?

Before installation, the installer informs the neighbors and the property department, and after obtaining the consent of the property and neighbors, the installation is not illegal.

Legal analysis

The current law does not prohibit individual citizens from installing cameras. The installation of cameras in public corridors for monitoring will have a negative impact on the comfortable and peaceful life of neighbors to a certain extent, and may infringe on their privacy. Among them, the right to privacy includes: the right to personal peace, which refers to the right that the subject of rights can control his private life completely according to his own will without being illegally interfered and destroyed by others. Including ordinary people's private lives from illegal peeping and harassment, and citizens' homes are sacred and inviolable; The right to control personal information refers to the exclusive right to control and keep personal information collected, stored and disseminated by civil subjects. The right to privacy means that the right subject has the right to engage in relevant activities that he is willing to engage in according to his own will, so as to realize his own interests without illegal interference from others. Although the law does not prohibit individuals from installing cameras, they must be careful not to invade others' privacy when using them. Before installation, the installer had better inform the neighbors and the property department to get their understanding; If it is installed in a public area, it is also recommended to obtain the consent of the property and neighbors.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 120 Where the civil rights and interests are infringed, the infringed has the right to request the infringer to bear the tort liability.

Article 1032 Natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, exposing or making public. Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live in peace and don't want to be known by others.

Article 103 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts: (1) Interfere with the private life and peace of life of others by means of telephone, short messages, instant messaging tools, e-mails, leaflets, etc. ; (2) Entering, taking photos or peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms; (3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing other people's private activities; (4) Shooting or peeping at the private parts of others' bodies; (5) handling other people's private information; (6) Infringe upon the privacy of others in other ways.