Important issues to know about workplace surveillance

Florida Bar Board Certified business law specialist David Steinfeld addresses the often overlooked and unique issue of whether business owners can put video and audio surveillance in their workplace in this article

Businesses may have audio surveillance and video surveillance in the workplace but it depends where those cameras are located and their purpose. Electronic surveillance of the workplace can be tremendously beneficial for a business as to both employees and customers. Business owners engaging in such workplace surveillance are wise to openly display their cameras or place a sign in a prominent location indicating that cameras exist on the premises. They are also smart if they have employees acknowledge the existence of the cameras in some writing like their employee handbook.

Security cameras in a business may also be capable of recording and storing video and sound. Because of the robust capabilities that these relatively low cost devices now offer the business should familiarize itself with the applicable law and the obligations that the business may have to preserve the data that those devices create and capture.

David Steinfeld has almost 30 years of experience and is one of the about 120 Board Certified business law experts out of the more than 120,000 lawyers licensed in Florida. Mr. Steinfeld opened his business law firm in Palm Beach Gardens almost 15 years ago and practices throughout Florida specializing in business law, business litigation, and real estate and construction disputes. He also mediates business and real estate disputes through Palm Beach Business Mediation and privately arbitrates business and real estate disputes under the banner of Palm Beach Business Arbitration.

Dave is an AV-Preeminent rated business lawyer and has received both Martindale-Hubbell's prestigious Judicial Edition Award for high reviews by judges and its Platinum Client Champion Award for many years. Additionally, Avvo awarded him a 10.0-Superb rating, recognized him with its annual Client Choice Award, and the Justia lawyer reviews website has given him a 10.0 rating.

The article is available at https://www.davidsteinfeld.com/workplace-surveillance.html

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Mr. Steinfeld has been consistently recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America by Best Lawyers/Best Law Firms, a Florida Super Lawyer, and one of Florida's Legal Elite. He has also recently been ranked by Chambers and Partners becoming the first and only sole practitioner in Florida to receive that high honor. He has also been named one of the Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators in South Florida, a Top Lawyer in South Florida, and Top Attorney in Florida by several organizations including being named one of the Best Lawyers in South Florida by the Wall Street Journal.

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