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In addition to what the other person said, I think it's legal to watch a camera live that goes beyond property borders. But you can't record that while not watching live .. or something like that.

Just like you could look out of your windows, but you could not watch out of your window 24/7 :D

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Interesting; is that the same for banks / building security? That sounds like it disallows dash cams too?

edit: did some digging on dash-cams, seems like they're legal if they're recording on a loop, and save permanently with some user-interaction.

Security cameras must have signs, and not cover outside your property. Storage is (suggested? allowed?) for 24-48 hours. You can request footage of yourself from anyone (even private?), but they have 1 month to reply to a request - so seems practically pointless given the recording storage length.

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