J1MB0B
Regular Member
I've been driving for Uber and Lyft for a while now. I have a dash cam with front and rear facing cameras in my car. Am I required to verbally notify passengers that they are being recorded?
I have small stickers on the camera and on the windows that say "Audio\Video recording in progress". The issue there is, I drive mostly at night and nobody see's them in the dark. Out of 500ish rides, I have only had two people, in the last week, get upset because I didn't tell them and get their permission to record them.
Uber and Lyft both say follow state laws, so no help there.
I thought I read somewhere that if its obvious that you are recording, no notice is needed. I can't remember where that came from, attorney general's opinion maybe? If that's the case, the thing is pretty obvious. Its big, has a red and green flashing light on it, you cant miss it. Especially at night.
I guess the real question is, are my stickers good enough, or do I need to verbally announce the recording?
And, yes, I have read through all of RCW 9.73.
I have small stickers on the camera and on the windows that say "Audio\Video recording in progress". The issue there is, I drive mostly at night and nobody see's them in the dark. Out of 500ish rides, I have only had two people, in the last week, get upset because I didn't tell them and get their permission to record them.
Uber and Lyft both say follow state laws, so no help there.
I thought I read somewhere that if its obvious that you are recording, no notice is needed. I can't remember where that came from, attorney general's opinion maybe? If that's the case, the thing is pretty obvious. Its big, has a red and green flashing light on it, you cant miss it. Especially at night.
I guess the real question is, are my stickers good enough, or do I need to verbally announce the recording?
And, yes, I have read through all of RCW 9.73.