Is it legal to recording people in public in Oman?
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Oman’s cyber-crime law punishes invading the privacy of others by taking photographs or recording sounds or video using phones or other devices. The official text reviewed here does not make all recording automatically unlawful, but it clearly criminalizes privacy-invasive recording.
Conditions
What would need to be true
Do not record where the recording would invade another person’s privacy.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
No exceptions have been entered yet.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
The cyber-crime law provides imprisonment from 1 year to 3 years and a fine from OMR 1,000 to OMR 5,000, or either penalty, for privacy-invasive recording conduct.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
Privacy complaints can be enforced under Oman’s cyber-crime law.
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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.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
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.
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