A woman filmed at a Georgia Target going on a profanity-ridden outburst messaged a popular Atlanta-area social media account demanding the removal of the video, claiming it was unlawful to record it in the first place.
ATL Uncensored posted a video to their social platforms this week of a woman yelling and swearing at a few different customers in the self-checkout line of a Peachtree City Target. It’s unknown if someone affiliated with the outlet recorded the video.
It appears that the woman in question messaged the account privately to request that administrators take the video down, or she would sue for “defamation of character.” She claimed it’s illegal to film on private property in Georgia without the consent of the person(s) being recorded. She cited a state law as a rationale for the video’s deletion.
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People in the comments were curious to know if her claim has legal standing. Is it indeed illegal to record videos of someone at a Target without their consent?
First, let’s cite the Georgia law she cited as justification for the video’s removal: State code § 16-11-62 (2).
That part of the code states that it is unlawful for “any person, through the use of any device, without the consent of all persons observed, to observe, photograph, or record the activities of another which occur in any private place and out of public view” with some stipulations.
The stipulation that one could argue applies to this recording would be, “Any person to go on or about the premises of another or any private place, except as otherwise provided by law, for the purpose of invading the privacy of others by eavesdropping upon their conversations or secretly observing their activities.”
However, is Target considered a “private place?”
Target retailers and its various commercial properties are operated by the Target Corporation, which allows public access to its stores and some of its…
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