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From what I understand EU law is pretty strict on the fact that they must obtain permission first. That may vary by country though.
Edit: comments below are correct. I believe I'm thinking of businesses recording you which is part of EU law where personal conversations only seem to be addressed country by country if at all.
Yeah it varies. In my country you only need to participate in the conversation to be allowed to record it.
You can also film or photograph anyone you feel like in public as long as they aren't in a place where privacy is expected like a bathroom or something like that. In general you can record and upload all day long.
The law is much stricter on surveillance cameras.
Photographing or filming someone in a public space has always been very legally distinct from recording a private conversation in pretty much every jurisdiction.
Yes of course but recording a private conversation has been legal before and I couldn't find any good indications that it has changed under the GDPR.
The law essentially says that it's illegal to record or listen to private conversations which you aren't a part of using technical instruments.
So it's legal to press your ear against a wall but it's illegal to use any tech to listen/record to anything.
I wonder if a cup pressed against the wall counts as tech