Q: A furn. delivery service took 5 pics of me in my home without my knowledge and uploaded to prove I inspected it. legal?
The new sofa was ripped and I am trying to return it. They said they will not take it back because they have pics of me inspecting the sofa. I didn't see the rip until they left. I feel my privacy was violated in my home and I have no recourse on the ripped sofa.
A:
1. Not illegal.
2. Contrary to what many people believe, Florida businesses are not constrained by any of the laws that prevent the governments from violating our privacy rights.
3. Although there are occasions when I would object to any business or person taking photographs of me or my family members without our knowledge or consent, I do not see any reason for objection here. Why?
4. Because the moving company has an obvious business justification for taking photos of all the stuff they delivered.
5. They also have legitimate business justification for taking photos of all furniture and other stuff they are packing up and moving to some other location.
6. What is that reason? Protecting themselves against claims of lost stuff by customers. In fact, it might be that their liability insurance carrier REQUIRES them to photograph everything all the time.
Terrence H Thorgaard and Charles M. Baron agree with this answer
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