Did you know this? Dashcams in Europe

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  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,145 ✭✭✭
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    edited December 2016 #32

    Can't answer your question B1 but obviously you would make a copy available to your insurance company and let them fight the claim

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited December 2016 #33

    Perhaps one needs to have 'cookies type disclaimer' - Appearing on this dashcam will be assumed as consent unless notified to the owner of the vehicle in writing. Wink

  • allanandjean
    allanandjean Club Member Posts: 2,401 ✭✭✭✭
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    edited December 2016 #34

    Many thanks to the responses to my question re Go Pro and it is now back on the Christmas Wish list!

  • Lutz
    Lutz Forum Participant Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2016 #35

    So, in a hypothetical scenario where you are using a dashcam and someone crashes into you, it's clearly their fault and it's all clearly recorded on the dashcam, does that have any value at all Lutz ?

    Would the police use it in any way ?  What about the insurance company ?

    To answer your question, if any other vehicle or any other person other than the third party that caused the accident that you were involved in, is identifiable in the footage, you would be committing an offence of contravening German data privacy laws if you pass such recordings on to your insurance company or the police. You can only really use the footage to jog your own memory.

  • Brian1
    Brian1 Forum Participant Posts: 242
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    edited December 2016 #36

    So, in a hypothetical scenario where you are using a dashcam and someone crashes into you, it's clearly their fault and it's all clearly recorded on the dashcam, does that have any value at all Lutz ?

    Would the police use it in any way ?  What about the insurance company ?

    To answer your question, if any other vehicle or any other person other than the third party that caused the accident that you were involved in, is identifiable in the footage, you would be committing an offence of contravening German data privacy laws if you pass such recordings on to your insurance company or the police. You can only really use the footage to jog your own memory.

    So you could, I guess, do a 'Google' and obscure the number plates / faces that might do that ? (ie by editing the video with some suitable software)

  • Lutz
    Lutz Forum Participant Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2016 #37

    So, in a hypothetical scenario where you are using a dashcam and someone crashes into you, it's clearly their fault and it's all clearly recorded on the dashcam, does that have any value at all Lutz ?

    Would the police use it in any way ?  What about the insurance company ?

    To answer your question, if any other vehicle or any other person other than the third party that caused the accident that you were involved in, is identifiable in the footage, you would be committing an offence of contravening German data privacy laws if
    you pass such recordings on to your insurance company or the police. You can only really use the footage to jog your own memory.

    So you could, I guess, do a 'Google' and obscure the number plates / faces that might do that ? (ie by editing the video with some suitable software)

    That is correct, yes.

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