Is it legal to recording people in public in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
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Legal position
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Bosnia and Herzegovina's data-protection authority says video surveillance is processing of personal data and must meet necessity, proportionality and accountability requirements. Recording people in public is therefore not a free-for-all if identifiable individuals are being monitored.
Conditions
What would need to be true
The controller needs a lawful purpose and should limit the recording to what is necessary and proportionate.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
The answer is narrower where people are not identifiable or the footage falls outside personal-data rules.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
Unlawful personal-data processing can trigger corrective orders and offences under the applicable data-protection regime, but the exact sanction depends on the violation.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
The Personal Data Protection Agency treats public-facing video surveillance as regulated personal-data processing.
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Compare this activity in other countries
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Australia
Recording people in public in Australia is not automatically unlawful but organisations and agencies using security cameras or similar surveillance devices generally must comply with privacy rules and relevant state or territory surveillance laws.
Austria
Austria’s Data Protection Authority says photo and video recording needs a lawful basis and proportionality. Recording people in public therefore depends on what is being recorded, why, and how broadly the recording intrudes on others.
Canada
Recording people in public is not automatically unlawful in Canada but organizations using overt video surveillance still need a specific justified purpose and should use the least privacy invasive measure that works.
Denmark
Official Danish guidance treats public image or audio capture by controllers such as CCTV or bodycams as personal-data processing with duties around lawful purpose, notice, rights and deletion, and audio capture is normally subject to stricter criminal-law consent rules.
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