SPY PRODUCTS HOBART

Surveillance and Monitoring Equipment, Hobart

Equipment shipped to Hobart, Launceston and across Tasmania, supplied with the state legal position explained rather than left to the buyer to work out.

The Tasmanian position

Recording conversations. Under the Listening Devices Act 1991 (Tas), recording a private conversation generally requires the consent of all the parties to it, including where you are one of them. Tasmania sits with New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia on this, not with Victoria and Queensland. Limited exceptions apply, including where a recording is reasonably necessary to protect a lawful interest.

Conversations you are not part of. Prohibited.

Publication. Communicating or publishing a recording is restricted separately from making it.

General information only, not legal advice.

Short stay and holiday property, the Tasmanian issue

Tasmania has an unusually high proportion of short stay and holiday accommodation, and it produces the enquiry we get most often from this state: can I put a camera in a property I own but rent out to guests?

The short answer is that cameras inside a property occupied by paying guests are a serious problem. A guest in short stay accommodation has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the interior, and recording them without their knowledge exposes the owner to criminal liability as well as to platform bans and civil claims. Bedrooms and bathrooms are never acceptable in any circumstance.

Exterior cameras covering entrances and driveways, disclosed in the listing and visible on arrival, are the version that is defensible. If your concern is damage or unauthorised parties, that is the direction to go, along with noise monitoring devices that do not record audio.

What we ship to Tasmania

• GPS tracking devices for vehicles, trailers, boats and plant you own
• Cameras for premises you own and occupy, and for building exteriors
• Voice recorders for lawful recording
• Phone and computer monitoring software for devices you own or issue

Investigations in Tasmania

We supply equipment throughout Tasmania and we also carry out investigations here. That work is conducted by agents who hold their own Tasmanian master licence. Tell us what you need and we will confirm who will be handling it.