Is it illegal to install cameras in hotels?

It is illegal for hotels to install cameras in their rooms. It is illegal to install cameras in the hotel lobby, install cameras privately, and take pictures of others. After the hotel has reached a check-in contract with the customer, the guest room belongs to the private space of the obligee in civil law from the time the customer checks in to the time before checking out. It is an infringement for a hotel to set up a camera to spy on privacy, and customers have the right to ask the hotel to bear the liability for compensation. The public security organ may be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan.

Different uses of private cameras may lead to different legal effects. If the purpose of installing a camera privately is to commit a crime, then the act of installing a camera may be a crime preparation act or an illegal crime; If cameras are installed privately in order to maintain safety, the use, storage and management of the monitoring system should be strictly regulated. If the supervision is not good, it will lead to the disclosure of personal privacy and the infringement of the parties.

Legal basis: Article 1033 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts:

(a) by telephone, SMS, instant messaging tools, e-mail, leaflets, etc. Disturb the private life of others;

(2) Entering, taking photos or peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms;

(3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing other people's private activities;

(4) Shooting or peeping at the private parts of others' bodies;

(5) handling other people's private information;

(6) Infringe upon the privacy of others in other ways.