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Covert Audio Recordings are illegal in Germany

Recording phone or video calls without all-party consent is a criminal offence Journalists from common law jurisdictions are often surprised or even shocked when they learn that any kind of audio recording - whether covert or open - is illegal under German law, unless the speaker who is being recorded addresses "the public", for example makes a political speech. Such an audio recording without all party consent is even a criminal offence in Germany, see…
Bernhard Schmeilzl
February 9, 2024
Criminal LawMedia Law Germany

Legal Limits of Investigative Journalism in Germany

Covert voice and video recordings by journalists under German law German law is rather obsessed with privacy and the protection of personal data. Here are two examples just to give you an idea how severely this affects everyday life. Actually, to such an extent that even Germans themselves constantly complain and moan about their own data protection laws.   Try, for instance, to obtain information from the German land registry (Grundbuch). In most Anglo-American jurisdictions, such…
Bernhard Schmeilzl
October 31, 2022