Driver Facing Camera Question

I am a female driver and drive team with my best friend who is male. We have driver facing camera installed.

now when I am driving he sleeps in bottom bunk which is mine if we are stopped.

when we do have to stop due to winter storm, highway closure etc he sleeps up top and me on bottom. So I stopped one night in the middle of the night with highway closure. He was asleep in bottom bunk. I hate heights. Now he can be a heavy sleeper so sometimes I will just crawl in beside him, he will wake up like an hour later and crawl up top.

my question is we went to our yard, our manager makes a comment to him saying we don’t need a sleeper with 2 beds because he saw us sleeping in same bed.

what kind of privacy laws are in place for this. He violated my privacy. I believe the cameras are set to record incidents like hard brake, speeding, cell phone, distracted driving etc and it records and keeps that. It is not for watching your drivers. I have an issue with this as I am female and how often is he watching me.

some insight would be appreciated.

 

You need to review your companies policy regarding the cameras - you would have signed a written consent upon installation or upon your hiring / orientation, which most likely had the policy attached.

Generally they are used on event based "hard brake, speeding" but also would have to be manually monitored from time to time to discover "cell phone, distracted driving etc" - therefore it might have been witnessed upon a distracted driving routine check as opposed to the event based ELD generated videos like a hard brake. But, he could also be spying. Its impossible to prove a violation of privacy for that reason. You can file a complaint with HR and document it to begin building a case of harassment if you truely believe he is spying on you, however a set of curtains can do the trick as well?

Im not a lawyer, just my 2 cents.

 

He had no right to say that. Who would intentionally admit to being a voyeur?
Even though the cameras record footage during certain qualifying events, the company can still see what's going on in real time. All you have to do is cover up the camera when you're not driving if you want privacy.

 

There is no policy. there were no cameras in trucks when I started and we were not asked to have them installed, nor any paperwork for policies.

 

I was also informed everyone in the office has a login to the system. Both bosses, safety I understand but dispatch, payroll and everyone else working in there?

 

Close the curtains. Problem solved.

 

You are genius.

You did not receive advance notice prior to the installation of the camera system? They never showed you a computer based training vid that showcased it? There were no front face cameras when I started but the company I work for did make it known they were coming a year in advance. I inadvertently agreed by staying.
The real issue is not being able to have a truck with separate bunks.The manager shouldn't have taken it upon himself/herself to give you a truck with only one bed just because you were seen the two of you were sharing one.

 

Put a piece of electrical tape over the rear facing lens, or find another company..

 

That’s a complete invasion of privacy, as well they violated the pipeda act by not explaining the company program and getting your written company consent. Not to mention you could file a criminal complaint for voyerism against him. In the bunk your off duty. I would cover that camera with a piece of tape. What you do next is up to you…. If you want to escalate it to a federal labour board complaint, or file a criminal complaint, they will probably fire you. Your call how far you want to take it. I would go far above him if you can. Let the #### roll from the top to him.