Property Management
A Pennsylvania landlord who installs a surveillance camera in a tenant's bedroom without the tenant's knowledge is:
APermitted to do so as the property owner if it is solely for security purposes
BViolating Pennsylvania's wiretapping law and potentially the tenant's constitutional rights to privacy✓ Correct
COnly prohibited from doing so in properties with more than four units
DRequired to notify the tenant within 30 days of installation under the Landlord-Tenant Act
Explanation
Pennsylvania has one of the strictest wiretapping and eavesdropping laws in the nation — the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act requires all parties to a communication to consent to any recording. Installing a surveillance camera in a tenant's bedroom without consent violates both the wiretapping law and the tenant's reasonable expectation of privacy.
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