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.

They're really clunky. I'd be surprised if it's not just a tracker. If it is a camera I'd just remove it.

More likely they are sadistic/pervy bastards who enjoy watching graphic footage of their cat torturing/murdering local wildlife/having sex with the tabby down the road.

Yes, but if you then click through to the links on the ICO website, it says how the rules only apply to fixed cameras, and not roaming cameras.

😂God. Thank you for that. Haven’t laughed so hard for days.

As others have said, those cases and that guidance applies only to fixed cameras - so your Ring doorbell for instance shouldn't film your neighbours home - and only where the footage is published online or used for other purposes - not where it's only ever used for domestic purposes.

Given this is a mobile camera, and the cat is being allowed into the home knowing a camera is attached, there is no data protection issues arising - so speaking to the neighbour or stopping the cat entering are the only options available - the ICO or legal action wouldn't help.

Wouldn't a cat-cam be covered by the same laws as flying drones?
As in both have the ability to capture images on different properties.

Just don't let the cat in - what's the issue? Shoo it away if you see it in your garden, and have windows rather than doors open. Doors open is dodgy anyway for security.

We don’t live in an area where having doors open is dangerous and in this weather is the only way to cool a hot house down when we get home. I don’t see how having our doors open makes it our fault a camera carrying cat comes in. We chase it out when we see it.

I’d love to have a camera on my cat. We live rurally and he disappears for days - it’d be useful to see what he is up to.

I’ve never seen a camera available for cats though. Even the GPS trackers that you get are massive clunky things. Are you sure it is a camera?

Yep - and the rules don't apply to drones either - that's what the info on the ICO website says "These rules only apply to fixed cameras. They do not cover roaming cameras, such as drones or dashboard cameras (dashcams) as long as the drone or dashcam is used only for your domestic or household purposes."

How do you know it's a camera and not a tracker?

Lol 😂😂😂

They are training the cat to spy on you.

I'd throw it in the bin. They know it's a camera, they know they're filming you in your own home without your consent - f*ck them.

Did you ever get this sorted?

Yeah I'd chase it out the garden and if it persists, just remove it every time it came into the house. The owners will have to come and knock to get it and I'd ask them how they'd feel about the neighbours effectively recording them in their own homes.

Don't you sound delightful, paranoid, and angry to comment on a post over a year old.