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Originally Posted by gregbradley
...yet if someone snapped a photo of you on the street and you objected the police would stop you.
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I've always thought it was legal to photograph or record video (without sound and for non commercial use) from a public place without anyone's permission. From what I understand you do need permission to record someone speaking though.
Similarly you can take aerial photographs of someones backyard with an RPA as long as you're over public property (and following CASR101 of course).
I'm no expert though and I'm happy to be corrected. I'm also not saying I agree with these laws, especially regarding privacy issues related to low altitude aerial photography where I don't think the privacy laws have kept pace with technology.
I'm not sure about the higher altitude photography as used by Google et al. as one's ownership of the space above their property doesn't extend indefinitely, though I'm unsure of the boundaries.