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So I'm the new guy here, and thought I might as well throw in my 2 cents.

First let me say that my feedback comes as a Corporate Executive in a national firm that handles sensitive information for Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare, financial and agency fields. So it should come as no surprise that this company has a camera/surveillance policy, just like every other company in this space.

So here's what the law in the vast majority of states says about these kinds of policies; Its legal for a company protecting company assets to require an employee to sign documentation and abide by such documentation that prescribes live monitoring and surveillance for Insurance, company protection, or for non governmental companies handling SCI (Sensitive Compartmentalized Information) for the USA.

The employee must be advised of the policy in writing, must agree with the policy via written signature with a date, and the surveillance can only be performed when the employee is working on company time (in a truckers world, that "On Duty"). Employee's working with classified or higher classification materials are expected to suspend their reasonable expectation of privacy in additional areas.

So what's all that mean for a trucker? It's pretty simple - Legaly the company must have a written policy on the matter and must have employees sign acknowledgment of the policy. Also, the camera's must not suspend reasonable right to privacy during shut down times. Which is where the rub cones in; If the camera is simply road facing - great, no problem. If its driver facing, it must be concealable and not recording during Off Duty time.

I suspect that most in cab camera's follow these rules. If not, I'd say that the offending company has seriously exposed themselves to a civil and possibly criminal (depending on what was recorded) suit and a major payday for the drivers upon who the infraction was inflicted.

Anyway - my 2 cents (maybe a little more due to inflation).