How to record phone conversation on android

[netibiza]

I have an Alcatel onetouch 991 android phone and wish to record some phone calls, how can I. Have tried to download google voice but can't see anything on there. TY x

[squarebear]

Will you be warning the people you are recording?

[factor-fiction]

Are you going to try getting your own back on the PPI/spam callers?

[netibiza]

Of course, its just cos I cannot remember everything they say to me. They suggested that i look for a way!

[netibiza]

Dont get spam or PPI callers over here

[stewey]

I believe that is only illegal to record phone conversations if more than two people are involved in the conversation.

[squarebear]

That's incorrect stewey. You must warn someone you are recording them if you plan to use it as any kind of evidence in the future.

[hc4361]

Stewey, is that under Spanish law, which applies to netibiza, because it certainly isn't the case in the UK.

[ummmm]

Stewey is in Canada.

[Nibble]

This is based on the UK law pertaining to recording Home calls only..

Extract from http://www.itccallrec...ding-legal-advice.htm

Can I record telephone conversations on my home phone?

Yes. The relevant law, RIPA, does not prohibit individuals from recording their own communications provided that the recording is for their own use. Recording or monitoring are only prohibited where some of the contents of the communication - which can be a phone conversation or an e-mail - are made available to a third party, ie someone who was neither the caller or sender nor the intended recipient of the original communication. For further information see the Home Office website where RIPA is posted.

Do I have to let people know that I intend to record their telephone conversations with me?

No, provided you are not intending to make the contents of the communication available to a third party. If you are you will need the consent of the person you are recording.

[hc4361]

Have you looked at the Android market place for suitable apps, neti?

[squarebear]

Have you tried this:
https://play.google.c...id=com.record.my.call

[Nibble]

And here's the canadian take on the subject...

Extract from http://www.ehow.com/l...one-calls-canada.html


The Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 states that a person may not intercept and record a third-party conversation--he may record the conversation if he is taking part in it. If, for example, a person in a multi-tenant home picks up the phone and listens in (without permission) and records a conversation already in progress, she is breaking the law, if the parties speaking do not know. However if she is part of the conversation, talking to a friend, she is legally allowed to record the conversation and does not have to tell the other party he is being recorded.

Read more: Laws on Recording Phone Calls in Canada | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/l...da.html#ixzz2BWwl22Pc

Additionally, as noted from http://blog.privacyla...ne-calls-without.html


For private actors (as opposed to agents of the state), we have to also look at general privacy legislation, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) aka PIPEDA, the Personal Information Protection Act (Alberta), the Personal Information Protection Act (British Columbia) and an Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (Quebec). None of these statues apply to purely personal endeavours. For example, PIPEDA says:

[3](2) This Part does not apply to ...
(b) any individual in respect of personal information that the individual collects, uses or discloses for personal or domestic purposes and does not collect, use or disclose for any other purpose; or
(c) any organization in respect of personal information that the organization collects, uses or discloses for journalistic, artistic or literary purposes and does not collect, use or disclose for any other purpose.

Alberta's PIPA similarly reads:


[3](3) This Act does not apply to the following:
(a) the collection, use or disclosure of personal information if the collection, use or disclosure, as the case may be, is for personal or domestic purposes of the individual and for no other purpose;
(b) the collection, use or disclosure of personal information if the collection, use or disclosure, as the case may be, is for artistic or literary purposes and for no other purpose;



HOWEVER, as all the Provinces have their own Privacy Laws, and all vary to some degree, and I'd be loath to rcord without advice from a suitably qualified Lawyer/Notarybefore I started.

[hc4361]

All very interesting, but doesn't answer neti's question.

[squarebear]

Surely my link which has software to do just that answered the question?

[hc4361]

It did, SB, I was referring to the debate on the legalities of it across the world.

[stewey]

I guess that the discussion regarding the legalities stemmed from squarebear's first question at 11:58.

[netibiza]

Wow thanks folks, I did find and download Android Record my call. It is for home use so that I can remember what I am supposed to remember! Thanks