In Australia we expect companies to follow the rule of law, which encodes the expectations of society.

The Australian Privacy Act falls well short of European standards, but it does encode some rights for people that businesses must abide by.

And filming people who walk into a private store is not a violation of any Australian law.

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In the US we expect the government to respect private property

Unfortunately often at the expense of virtually every consideration.

hyperbolic

Dismissive

There are obviously things you can't do on your private property though.