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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING ON
LONG ISLAND.
ONE NEIGHBOR'S INSTALLED
CAMERAS INVADING ANOTHER
NEIGHBOR'S PRIVACY.
THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO
ABOUT IT.
ALI BAUMAN REPORTS FROM
SHIRLEY NEW YORK.
Reporter: IT'S A
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH THIS FAMILY
SAYS HAS GONE TOO FAR.
THE FAMILY CAME HOME YESTERDAY
TO FIND THEIR NEXT-DOOR
NEIGHBOR HAD INSTALLED ONE
SECURITY CAMERA FACING
DIRECTLY ON THEIR DRIVEWAY AND
TWO MORE FOCUSED ON THEIR
BACKYARD.
PRETTY DISTURBING TO HAVE
SOMEONE FILMING YOU WHILE
YOU'RE OUTSIDE IN YOUR OWN
BACKYARD AND THERE'S NO
PRIVACY.
Reporter: THE FAMILY CALLED
911 LAST NIGHT BUT POLICE SAID
THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD
DO BECAUSE ANY PUBLICLY
VIEWABLE AREA LIKE A BACKYARD
IS FAIR GAME.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH
DRONES FLYING OVER YOUR HOME
AND TAKING A PICTURE OF YOUR
HOME FOR THE INTERNET OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS LONG AS
THEY ARE USED FOR PROPER
PURPOSES AND, UM,
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE OUTSIDE
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
Reporter: THE FAMILY SAYS
THE WORST OF IT ALL IS ONE OF
THE CAMERAS FACES THE SWING
SET WHERE THEIR 10-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER PLAYS.
HONESTLY, IF I WAS A PARENT
AND I CAME HERE, AND SAW THERE
WAS A CAMERA, FROM A STRANGE
PERSON, VIDEOTAPING MY LITTLE
GIRL, I WOULDN'T ALLOW PLAY
DATE.
Reporter: THE FAMILY SAYS
THEY HAVE TRIED TO REASON WITH
THEIR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT
SUCCESS.
AND WE TRIED KNOCKING NEXT
DOOR BUT GOT NO ANSWER.
I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
WHAT HIS REASONING IS BEHIND
HIM VIDEOTAPING US.
Reporter: LEGALLY, THEIR
NEIGHBOR CAN FILM WITHIN PLAIN
SIGHT BUT SOME SAY THE LAW
NEEDS TO CATCH UP WITH THE
21st CENTURY.
THE FAMILY PLANS TO SHINE
LIGHTS ON THE CAMERAS TO CAUSE
A FLARE.
IN SHIRLEY, LONG ISLAND, ALI
BAUMAN, CBS 2 NEWS.
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