N.Y. Penal Law §§ 250.00, 250.05. This means that in New York, both the Supreme Court and the Penal Code state that you are legally allowed to record a conversation if you are a contributor, or with prior consent from one of the involved parties. Furthermore, ignorance, and saying that you don’t understand the penal law, or that you didn
No. It’s illegal to record conversations at work that you are not participating in. Example: Your boss and a coworker are having a conversation about you. You are in the room, but you are not part of the discussion. Secretly recording them would breach section 184 of the Criminal Code of Canada and could lead to hefty penalties, including
A person who records another without permission could expose themselves to criminal penalties as a result—and the audio file certainly would not be admissible in court. Alternatively, in one-party consent jurisdictions, only one party to a recorded conversation must consent, which makes catching bad behavior on tape a more valuable (and legal