To not want neighbour to be able to video our house and garden through cat cam

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I posted this in the litter tray but no replies so posting here for traffic.

Our neighbours young cat has a cat cam collar on. We have two young cats who are a similar age and they have struck up a friendship. Their cat is in our garden around my children every day after school.I was starting to feel uncomfortable about the fact this cat is essentially recording my children in our garden.
It has ramped up now though as with the hot weather we have our doors propped open and it is coming in our house.
Where do I stand legally as despite chasing him out when we see him he is in our house most days recoding us.

Ooh what a worry!

Well it will just be feet and floor. I wouldn't worry about espionage.

Dunno maybe discourage the cat from coming into your garden?

That vvv strange and surprised it legal. Ask neighbour to remove the camera or keep cat in...

Take the collar off and post it back through their door

Are your dc identifiable by their ankles?

Not ideal if you have girls in dresses though!

This is a really good question on the legality of this since cat owners have an obligation to ensure their cat does not cause a nuisance .

Probably not but people often bend down to pet/lift cats up. Cats jump onto furniture etc so it’s possible that faces will be seen.

^ sorry that was to @vipersnest1 and others that were saying it was only feet 😊

Tell the owner of the cat that you are not happy with your children being filmed, and that it is also extremely intrusive to be filmed in your home.

That they either remove the cat cam from his collar, or you will have to take steps to keep his cat out of your home and garden

I would imagine it's covered by GDPR legislation. You need to put in a subject access request.

Individuals are not bound by gdpr

He sits on top of our shed so definitely not just feet, plus I assume there is audio? We don’t have the kind of garden we can cat proof, plus we have cats who roam.
If I did take the camera off I wouldn’t be posting it back through their door…

Wrap cling film or foil round it?

Or parcel tape

I'd speak to the neighbours - they might not have considered beyond just getting some footage of their cat being a cat and running about being daft, as cats are. Do you know the neighbours well enough to gauge if they're decent folk that would be understanding? I think it's fair enough you don't want them having footage of your life in your own home - it's your private space!

I would speak to them after first making sure it's not a tracker collar .

Put a sticker over the cat cam whenever the cat comes into your house/garden.

Alternatively, before your DH next goes away for a few days, stage a realistic charade of you murdering him and burying him under the patio while said cat is around and then tell the neighbours he's left you.

Eh? That can't be true or else how could they be allowed to shit in everyone else's fucing garden?

There is no specific laws around cat shitting in gardens though .

Speak to your neighbour first and if they don't remove the camera, take it off yourself and bin it

Is it definitely a camera collar and not a tracker collar?

I’d be taking it off every time he came onto my property. They are welcome to come and get it back whenever. I would tell them what I was planning to do first.

Do you really think the cat's owners have any interest in your children and watching them from a crappy video? Stop clutching your pearls and relax.