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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jakeman" data-source="post: 1941503" data-attributes="member: 10690">The car isn't a bathroom. They should have no expectation of privacy in the guys car, he was free to record the goings on inside the car while it was in their possession. No warrant needed, and he isn't the cops. You can record a nanny taking care of your kids in your own home, business owners can record the goings on inside their business. And, as a matter of law, in a public bathroom, one does have a reasonable expectation of reasonable privacy, but only up to a point. The federal courts have upheld and agreed, there is no "Absolute Right to Privacy" in a public bathroom. People have a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public restroom, you can't be recording the toilet in order to cop a peek, but you can record other areas of said restroom in an effort to curtail criminal or illegal behavior. Anyone remember the couple that got busted in the football stadium bathroom for having sex and snorting cocaine? They were actually in a stall, but they had no expectation of absolute privacy inside that stall, and in fact were arrested and charged.The guy was okay to record this conversation inside his own vehicle, if he had set the recording up inside the dealership somewhere it would be a different story. He didn't. It isn't. He was legal. You ever wonder why Dateline, or 60 Minutes, or any other investigative news show hasn't been busted for leaving a car with a mechanic with hidden cameras in it for the purpose of recording them scamming them on repairs? Because it isn't illegal, that's why. Your opinion may differ, and you're certainly entitled to your opinion, even if it's wrong.</blockquote>

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