{"id":37,"date":"2014-06-09T19:24:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T19:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2014-06-09T19:24:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T19:24:15","slug":"legality-of-recording-phone-calls-in-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/legality-of-recording-phone-calls-in-new-york-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Legality of Recording Phone Calls in New York State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">For New York being a blue state, it was surprising for\u00a0us to discover the rather relaxed laws around recording calls in New York State.<\/p>\n<p>In New York,<strong>\u00a0you can record phone calls\u00a0without consent<\/strong>\u00a0from the another\u00a0party &#8211; as long as you&#8217;re considered one of the parties in the call.\u00a0This is known as &#8220;one party consent.&#8221; So as long as you&#8217;re on the call, and not eeves dropping someone elses call, you can record it without letting the other party know.<\/p>\n<p>New York is one of 38 states that only require one-party consent.\u00a0See the full list of\u00a0<a title=\"Call Recording Consent Laws By State\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/call-recording-consent-laws-by-state\/\">states requiring consent to record phone calls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Do both parties have to be in New York for this to apply?<\/h3>\n<p>This is where the law gets a little fuzzy. If you&#8217;re calling to another one-party consent state, you&#8217;re<em>\u00a0<\/em>fine without announcing that you&#8217;re recording. If you&#8217;re calling someone from an all-party consent state, you&#8217;ll have to dig a bit deeper.\u00a0The California Supreme Court (an all-party consent state), has stated that the one-party consent caller has to adhere to the stricter laws of the California caller\u00a0(Cf. Kearney v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc., 39 Cal. 4th 95 (2006)).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>How do I record calls?<\/h3>\n<p>New York doesn&#8217;t state what type of equipment is allowed to record calls. You can use a portable recorder, a microphone, or of course, our call recording system. With SecureSpeak, you just\u00a03-way in our call recording line into any call. Anything the recording line hears gets recorded and sent to you via email as an attachment. This works for both incoming and outgoing calls, as long as your phone has the ability to 3-way in calls. Browse our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/plans\">call recording plans page<\/a>\u00a0to find a package that fits your needs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2\">\n<div class=\"panel panel-primary\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"panel-title\">Secure Speak Call Recording Plans<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Works on all phones (iPhone, Android, Windows, even landlines!)<\/li>\n<li>Crystal clear recordings<\/li>\n<li>Recordings emailed to your inbox<\/li>\n<li>30-day money back guarantee<\/li>\n<li>Free phone support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><a class=\"btn btn-large btn-success\" href=\"\/plans\">View Recording Options<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Secure Speak is not a licensed lawyer and any statements do not constitute legal advice. Contact a lawyer for information pertaining to your specific case, and reference the <a href=\"http:\/\/public.leginfo.state.ny.us\/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York penal code<\/a> directly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For New York being a blue state, it was surprising for\u00a0us to discover the rather relaxed laws around recording calls in New York State. In New York,\u00a0you can record phone calls\u00a0without consent\u00a0from the another\u00a0party &#8211; as long as you&#8217;re considered one of the parties in the call.\u00a0This is known as &#8220;one party consent.&#8221; So as&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/legality-of-recording-phone-calls-in-new-york-state\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Legality of Recording Phone Calls in New York State\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.securespeak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}