Video surveillance of a home's entrance

10 C 386/03Court of First InstanceNov 11, 2003Civil lawGranted

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Omnilex summary

The plaintiff obtained an order requiring the defendants to stop video-monitoring the entrance to the house, recording images of the plaintiff without consent, and pointing a camera-like object at the entrance. The defendants were also ordered to bear the costs jointly and severally. The judgment is provisionally enforceable upon provision of security of €2,750.

Omnilex headnote

The use of a video-surveillance camera directed at a home's entrance, including the recording of a person without that person's consent, may be restrained by an injunction. Directing an object that resembles a surveillance camera at the same area is also covered by the order in this case. The decision does not identify a statutory basis or provide further reasoning.

Full text

Amtsgericht Aachen — 10 C 386/03 — Urteil

Entscheidungsdatum: 2003-11-11

Aktenzeichen: 10 C 386/03

ECLI: ECLI:DE:AGAC1:2003:1111.10C386.03.00

Dokumenttyp: Urteil

Spruchkörper: Abteilung 10

Tenor

Die Beklagten werden verurteilt, es zu unterlassen, den Haustürbereich des Hauses ....................., mittels einer Video-Überwachungskamera zu überwachen und mit der Kamera Bilder vom Kläger ohne dessen Zustimmung aufzunehmen sowie einen einer Video-Überwachungskamera ähnlich sehenden Gegenstand auf den vorgenannten Haustürbereich zu richten.

Die Beklagten haben die Kosten des Rechtsstreits als Gesamtschuldner zu tragen.

Das Urteil ist gegen Sicherheitsleistung in Höhe von 2.750,00 € vorläufig vollstreck-bar.

Keywords

video surveillanceprivacyinjunctionconsent

The defendants were ordered to refrain from all three forms of conduct.

The defendants must bear the costs jointly and severally.

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