Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Pennsylvania

Currently staying at a hotel. Is it illegal for a hotel to place hidden cameras in the room without my knowledge?


Asked on 5/11/15, 3:48 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
ANDREA G. TILLIS Law Offices of Andrea G. Tillis

A hotel room is considered the guest's "private space" and the guest has what the law calls a "reasonable expectation of privacy". Therefore, the hotel would be violating a guest's right to privacy, if it placed hidden cameras in the hotel room where the guest was staying.

Moreover, the hotel would also be violating several sections of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, if it had hidden cameras installed in its guest rooms without the knowledge and consent of the guest who was occupying that room.

ANDREA G. TILLIS

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Answered on 5/15/15, 6:12 am


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