Can I Sue Digital Spy Because My College Won

Is it illegal to record a conversation with someone without them knowing?

Here is what I discovered through Google since I wanted to know as well..."Federal law permits recording telephone calls and in-person conversations with the consent of at least one of the parties. See 18 U.S.C. 2511(2)(d). This is called a "one-party consent" law. Under a one-party consent law, you can record a phone call or conversation so long as you are a party to the conversation."So when you call customer service for one of your professional services where they tell you that you're going to be recorded for "quality assurance purposes," you can say "no" then by law they would not be able to record the conversation.Edit: 9/20/16“Can you record a phone call or conversation when you do not have consent from one of the parties?Regardless of whether state or federal law governs the situation, it is almost always illegal to record a phone call or private conversation to which you are not a party, do not have consent from at least one party, and could not naturally overhear.In addition, federal and many state laws do not permit you to surreptitiously place a bug or recording device on a person or telephone, in a home, office or restaurant to secretly record a conversation between two people who have not consented.”Source: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/...

Is it illegal to put cameras in bathrooms?

In the U.S. there is a legally defined “expectation of privacy" that prohibits photographing/filming people without their consent in locations where they might partially or completely disrob . Bathrooms, bedrooms, changing rooms, locker rooms are all examples of places people are expected to disrobe.The installation of a camera in these locations, even if never used, is still illegal under the assumption that you intended to use it illegally.As for bathrooms, outside the stalls is a gray area. I don't think you are going to get a consensus from people on whether partial disrobing might happen. So you are gambling on what judge and jury you'll get. Because clearly is is close enough, if caught, to deserve a trial.

If someone takes a cellphone picture of me without my consent, how can I make sure that they've deleted it?

This may come as a surprise, but you have no control over what they do with that photo in most situations. This is true in pretty much all of Europe, Asia and the Americas.There are some limits, fortunately. If they took the photo where you have an expectation of privacy, like while using the toilet, they may be running afoul of local laws (e.g. US state laws often cover this; also illegal in UK and Japan, and surely other places). Same for spy photos of intimate situations in a bedroom, if you know what I mean. Shooting these and then sexting it is illegal in most states in the US.Also, laws in most countries prevent them from using your likeness for promoting a business or product without your permission. This is called the Personality Rights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per...). Again, this exists in one form or another internationally.Further, you could have forbidden photography while on your premises. Many dance clubs and other venues post signs forbidding photography, for example. Or you may have told the person verbally. Either way, this makes "no photography" a condition for entry and violating this means that the person is now trespassing. Your house, your rules.But unless they agree to delete the photo(s) as a condition for remaining on the premises, all you can do is kick them out; maybe with the help of the police. You have no rights to force any photographer to delete a photo. Ever.When you are in a public place and people can see you, you have no rights to tell them not to look. Same with photography; you can't compel them to not shoot photos. You can cover yourself up, which solves both I guess, but that is your choice, you can't dictate how others act in public.