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Laws differ in the United States on how many parties must give their consent before a conversation may be recorded. In 38 states and the District of Columbia, conversations may be recorded if the person is party to the conversation, or if at least one of the people who are party to the conversation have given a third party consent to record the ...
Germany is a two-party consent jurisdiction—telephone recording without the consent of the two or, when applicable, more, parties is a criminal offence according to § 201 of the German Criminal Code [9] —violation of the confidentiality of the spoken word. Telephone tapping by authorities has to be approved by a judge.
The law divides wiretapping into two categories, recording conversations (audio) and recording actions (photos and videos). Conversations in private places are banned from third party audio recording and a member of a conversation can covertly record the conversation without the consent of others.
If you record police in private places without consent, such as their home, then the short answer is yes. However, even when a person is recording in a public space, the chance of arrest does exist.
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In South Africa photographing people in public is legal. [111] Reproducing and selling photographs of people is legal for editorial and limited fair use commercial purposes. There exists no case law to define what the limits on commercial use are. Civil law requires the consent of any identifiable persons for advertorial and promotional purposes.
Glik v. Cunniffe, 655 F.3d 78 (1st Cir. 2011) is a case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that a private citizen has the right to record video and audio of police carrying out their duties in a public place, and that the arrest of the citizen for a wiretapping violation violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights.