ALBANY – Videotaping a consensual act without a partner’s knowledge violates New York’s laws against unlawful surveillance, an upstate appeals panel ruled unanimously Thursday.
The Appellate Division, Third Department decided that, contrary to Michael Piznarski’s contentions that the 2003 unlawful surveillance law applies only to “peeping Toms” who hide video cameras in bathrooms, lockerrooms and dressing rooms, the law also applies to surreptitious recordings of personal sexual acts for “salacious and lewd” purposes.
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