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Can a Secret Recording Be Used as Evidence in a German Court?
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Can a Secret Recording Be Used as Evidence in a German Court?

Whether a secretly made recording is admissible in Germany is decided by a balancing of the general personality right against effective legal protection, not by § 34 StGB. What the BGH dashcam ruling settled.

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