I looked into it and the PIPPA Act doesn't specifically cover residential CCTV as it is mainly to protect individuals from businesses/ government abuse of their personal data. However, they use the ICO guidelines for dealing with residential CCTV misuse. (With Privacy Law it doesn't matter that the ICO is the UK governing body because precedence is used for dealing with fines and sanctions unless specifically stated in the country Privacy law. There have already been fines issued for residential CCTV privacy violations in BC using this guidance.)
- Why do I need CCTV?
- Could I use another means to protect my home, such as improved lighting?
- Consider the privacy of others while setting up your system.
- Where will I position the CCTV to ensure minimal intrusion in to my neighbour’s and other people’s privacy?
- How will my neighbours feel about my CCTV?
- Inform your neighbours about your system.
- Put up a notice informing people that recording is taking place.
- It is your responsibility to make sure that the CCTV system is installed correctly.
- You are also responsible for all the information that is recorded by your system.
- You must make sure that the information is not used for any other purpose than protecting your property.
- You should make sure that the information recorded is used only for the purpose for which your system was installed (for example it will not be appropriate to share any recordings on social media sites)
The ones I highlighted in yellow are guidelines that he has already broken. (He has positioned the camera facing away from his property not towards it, he did not notify his neighbours prior to installation and he does not have a sign up notifying people who are in range of the camera that there is a camera there.) The ones I highlighted in green are ones he is likely to break given his threatening tweets.
This means that any of Yaniv's neighbours affected by the fact that Yaniv has installed this camera can file a civil suit which would result in him being fined because he has breached their privacy rights. It is also worth noting that as Yaniv runs an online business he may come under the PIPPA Act depending on where the business is registered he would be liable for fines/ sanctions from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner BC.