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Mozambique criminalizes recording conversations without consent under its revised Penal Code. Learn about all-party consent rules, penalties, journalism concerns, and compliance.
Qatar bans all recording without consent. Learn about Penal Code Art. 333, the 2025 Cybercrime amendment, penalties up to 2 years in prison, and court admissibility rules.
South Africa allows one-party consent recording under RICA Act 70 of 2002. Learn the rules for phone, in-person, workplace, and police recordings, plus penalties up to R2 million or 10 years.
Peru follows one-party consent for recording by judicial consensus. Learn the rules under Codigo Penal Art. 162, Art. 162-B, Ley 27697, penalties of 5 to 10 years for illegal interception, and how the risk doctrine protects participant recordings.
Zimbabwe requires all-party consent for recording under Constitution Section 57. Learn penalties under the Interception of Communications Act, Data Protection Act rules, and POTRAZ oversight.
Learn how Israel's Secret Monitoring Law and Protection of Privacy Law interact on recording consent, what Amendment 13 changed, and penalties up to 5 years.
Saudi Arabia requires all-party consent to record conversations under the Anti-Cybercrime Law. Violations carry up to 1 year in prison and SAR 500,000 in fines.
Costa Rica permits one-party consent recording but restricts dissemination. Learn about Código Penal Art. 196 and 198, Ley 7425 judicial intercepts, penalties of 1 to 3 years, and the public interest doctrine.
Bahrain requires all-party consent for recording under Cybercrime Law 60/2014 and the Penal Code. Learn penalties up to BHD 100,000, PDPL rules, and compliance steps.
Learn how Brazil's one-party consent recording laws work under Lei 9.296/1996, the 2020 Pacote Anticrime carve-out, STF and STJ rulings, LGPD data rules, and criminal penalties of 2 to 4 years.
Cameroon requires all-party consent for recording. Cybersecurity Law Art. 74 carries 1-2 years prison and XAF 1-5 million fines. Learn about the bijural system, phone and workplace rules, and business compliance.
Chile recording laws explained. Art. 161-A Codigo Penal criminalizes third-party eavesdropping, but Supreme Court holds participants may record. Penalties and rules.