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I'm not a lawyer but I heard if you say "You don't have permission to record me." they're legally obligated to delete the video.

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In the United States, there is no expectation of privacy while in public. They are not legally obligated to do anything.

This doesn't make it any less of an asshole behavior, though. Also, it should not be the onus of each target of your gaze to constantly be saying "stop it". That's called "opt-out" and is pretty globally regarded as completely obnoxious.

Perhaps that's why you're not a lawyer :)

Hah OK. I'm only repeating what I learned in a video class, but that was 10+ years ago so maybe the laws have changed since then? But even then, how many people (in public) would go out of their way to engage the person with the camera when that more likely makes a bad situation worse?

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