Most audio recordings without consent of one or all parties are illegal.
Recording audio is very different from video, there are definite federal and state laws prohibiting surreptitious recording and monitoring of audio conversations. These laws are taken very seriously by authorities and failure to abide by them could result in severe consequences.
There is big discussion about this topic here see: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=355638
Security services provider are not suppose to use audio recording at some extent but there is no law yet, as this technology is new.
Last edited on Wed Jul 21st, 2010 06:10 am by troy
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