>Consider that in some cultures you're not allowed to film/photograph people in public without their consent.
That's the exact case in Austria and it's not always a good thing though as most of the times it ends up protecting the wrong doers.
For example as a cyclist you're not allowed to use a dash/action camera because you'd be taping people without their consent so if you get hit by a car and have no witnesses then it's your word against his in court and who can afford the more expensive lawyers.
If you did use an action cam to tape the accident then the driver's lawyers could have the footage dismissed as it was obtained without his consent and he could even sue you and ask compensation for it. Sad world.
Austria just got Google Street View last year as the previous strict privacy laws that were blocking this were relaxed.
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If you did use an action cam to tape the accident then the driver's lawyers could have the footage dismissed as it was obtained without his consent and he could even sue you and ask compensation for it. Sad world.
That's not the case. It still can be used, but compensation is also possible.
That's the exact case in Austria and it's not always a good thing though as most of the times it ends up protecting the wrong doers.
For example as a cyclist you're not allowed to use a dash/action camera because you'd be taping people without their consent so if you get hit by a car and have no witnesses then it's your word against his in court and who can afford the more expensive lawyers.
If you did use an action cam to tape the accident then the driver's lawyers could have the footage dismissed as it was obtained without his consent and he could even sue you and ask compensation for it. Sad world.
Austria just got Google Street View last year as the previous strict privacy laws that were blocking this were relaxed.