Assistant Professor of Journalism Israel Balderas recently spoke with 12News in Phoenix, Arizona about the expectation of privacy when in public.
Israel Balderas, assistant professor of journalism, spoke with 12News in Phoenix, Arizona, about laws surrounding recording in public. Balderas is a licensed attorney who specializes in the First Amendment.
The story by 12News focuses on the arrest of a man for a social media prank where he and several others were recorded running through an auto body shop. The incident was recorded using Ray-Ban Meta AI sunglasses, which can record up to three minutes of video.
Police officials, interviewed by 12News, noted that with this kind of technology, people may not know if they are being recorded. Balderas said that if people are out in public, they can be recorded because there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. However, the auto body business is private property.
“These pranksters, they’ve been going into private property. Now, do I have an expectation of privacy in the restaurant? No, but does the restaurant have the right to say you can’t record? Absolutely,” Balderas said.