Privacy in Private Spaces (employee recording in restrooms and locker rooms)
RI Employee Private Spaces Law
Employees · Communications
Prohibits employers from making audio or video recordings of employees in restrooms, locker rooms or employer-designated changing rooms unless a court order authorizes it, and bars any use of recordings made in violation.
- Where
- Rhode Island
- Citation
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-6.12-1
- Status
- In force
- Enforced by
- Courts via employee civil actions
- People can sue
- Yes
- Penalties
- A prevailing plaintiff may recover damages, reasonable attorney's fees and costs, and injunctive relief; remedies are in addition to other statutory and common-law remedies.
- Applies to
- Employers in Rhode Island
Practices it requires
- Do not cause an audio or video recording of an employee to be made in a restroom, locker room or designated changing room, absent a court order.R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-6.12-1(a)
- Do not use for any purpose a recording made in violation of the section.R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-6.12-1(b)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Effective date of P.L. 2005, chs. 126 and 131 not confirmed.
Research reference, not legal advice.