
Those places should be pretty obvious, as noted earlier-bedrooms and bathrooms are clear examples, as is a changing room if you have a pool. The first: You can’t record video in any location where a person would expect to have a high degree of privacy. You do have the right to record video inside your home without telling anyone, but-well, there are two big buts.

For instance, you expect more privacy in a bathroom or bedroom than you do in a kitchen. But once you-or your guests-step into your home, there’s a heightened expectation of what amount of privacy is “reasonable,” though that expectation may vary from room to room. If you’re on the street, in a bar, or even in your front yard, you have very different-and much looser-reasonable expectations of privacy (for example, everyone knows that, even in their own backyard, they might be picked up in a Google satellite image). You can’t record video in any location where a person would expect to have a high degree of privacy. Wi-Fi video camera recording-including the capture of still photos, which most Wi-Fi cameras are capable of-is subject to "reasonable expectation of privacy" guidelines under privacy law, and that can make using these devices a little tricky.

Home Wi-Fi security cameras such as our top pick, the Logitech Circle 2, and the popular Google/Alphabet Nest Cam can let you check on pets and family when you’re away, and they may even help you catch a thief red-handed-but if you’re not careful, they can also turn you into a world-class snoop or even a cybercriminal. If you don’t tell your houseguests that a Wi-Fi security camera is recording everything they do and say, you may be breaking the law.
