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    Default Can You Use Video and Audio Surveillance in a Retail Shop

    My question involves business law in the state of: Florida.
    Is it legal to record video and audio in a gun store?

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    Default Re: Can You Use Video and Audio Surveillance in a Retail Shop

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    My question involves business law in the state of: Florida.
    Is it legal to record video and audio in a gun store?
    Yes.

    It's a public conversation with no expectation of privacy.

    Now read the Florida statutes regarding such recordings:

    http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/...entsIndex.html

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    Yes.

    It's a public conversation with no expectation of privacy.
    And your authority for that conclusion? I rather think the details of the conversation being recorded matter. The fact that the conversation occurs in a state does not automatically make any conversation that occurs there “public.”

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    The fact that the conversation occurs in a state does not automatically make any conversation that occurs there “public.”
    I agree with that. The mere fact that a conversation occurs in a store, or even occurs between a customer and a store employee, does not mean that it's a public conversation. Absent a compelling reason to record audio, for which I would want to do a fact-based analysis of the situation before commenting, I would suggest video-only surveillance in areas of the store where people would not have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

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    I agree with that. The mere fact that a conversation occurs in a store...
    Store is of course the word I meant to use, not state. Thanks for catching that.

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    ...does not mean that it's a public conversation.
    Exactly. There are are a large number of potential conversations that might occur in a store, a number of which would not be public. For example, a discussion between the manager and an employee in the manager’s office in the store would not be a public conversation even though it took place in a store. A conversation between two employees in the corner of their break room similarly is not going to be a public conversation even though it took place in a store. A discussion between customers in the store bathroom similarly is not a public conversation (and indeed even video in the bathroom would be a problem.) Even some conversations between a customer and store employee are not going to be public. The exact details matter. This is why most stores do only video recording, not audio. (And do not record the video in any place where that is inappropriate, like bathrooms and dressing rooms.) There is too much risk that the store might violate the law by illegally recording a private conversation. That might be dealt with in at least some situations by very conspicuous signs notifying customers that their conversations may be recorded, but doing that may well drive away customers.

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    Thank you!

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