Oviedo, FL asked in Employment Law for Florida

Q: Camera placed in bathroom at work, do I have any rights?

I work in a correctional facility with the state of florida and was informed that a camera was placed in the employee bathroom of my officer station, no stalls just one bathroom with one toilet and a sink, to record other co-workers, but I use the same bathroom and am not sure if I was recorded or not. However I feel like this is a violation of my privacy because I am now stressing over there being a camera in the bathroom, do I have any rights if I am not sure I am on the recordings? Also I was informed that there was an incident report written on this violation, but have not been able to obtain it.

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Bruce Alexander Minnick
Bruce Alexander Minnick
Answered
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Licensed in Florida

A: Unless the camera was placed in an inappropriate place--like inside a stall in a women's public bathroom, you have no viable claim--especially since you said you do not know whether or not you were captured on the camera. Moreover, your alleged "stressing" over the possibility of being caught on the camera is completely irrelevant.

Basically, you (and everyone else) have no right to privacy anywhere in any public place. Whatever privacy rights you may have are only those that are violated by some government, not by private employers or private companies.

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