Can a Disability Company Video or Conduct Surveillance of Me Anywhere?

Attorneys Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia discuss the practice of disability insurance companies related to conducting surveillance of your activities to determine disability claims. Without question, it feels like your privacy is being invaded when insurance companies conduct surveillance. As a general rule, insurance companies can film you in any public place including just outside of your home. However, if you feel threatened or uncomfortable you should contact local authorities. The insurance investigator does not want to be discovered. When insurance companies decide to perform surveillance is unpredictable.
All you and your physician can do is document your health, your diagnoses, and your limitations. Like most people, you may try to do more than you should. You shouldn't be punished for trying to retain a normal life, however, when on disability, it is important to limit your public profile. Insurance companies will also check your social media accounts to try to find information that conflicts with your claim of disability. They want to argue that your report is inconsistent and argue your disability claim isn’t supported. Our disability lawyers have handled hundreds of claims that involve surveillance, and know that performing basic activities to live your life does not mean you are no longer disabled from working.
00:00 - Can a disability insurance company conduct video surveillance of you anywhere they want?
02:09 - If you are in any location where the general public can see you, then you can be recorded.
03:44 - How often should a disability insurance claimant assume they are under video surveillance?
05:29 - The disability insurance companies cannot tap your phone lines or record your phone calls.
06:20 - Social media surveillance is constantly being conducted so be extremely cautious and stop social media participation if you can.
09:19 - The disability companies will send out investigators that may speak to you or listen to you as you speak with others in a public area.
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[@kellybaumann1450]

Thx guys,very informative.

[@brainbomb.]

They're all about control.

[@robertwadas]

Cant bunch them all into one group, there are a lot of good people trying to do the right thing.

[@sircampbell1249]

As an old private Dick, 40 some years, good info to pass on Computer, phones, and drones makes the job so easy now...

[@michaelwarren319]

Wow talk about making vulnerable folks and mental health patients paranoid

[@TheScapegoat420]

They have made me 10X worse!!!

[@graybeardnj3216]

Here's an idea... Don't commit insurance fraud and you won't have to worry about it.

[@jeffreyweaver9854]

Thousands of dollars spent on private investigations in order to prove that someone is committing fraud against a n insurance company. If the person actually is committing such fraud, then fine! If the insurance company is trying to see how little they can pay to someone who ISN'T committing fraud, orl is doing everything possible to delay payments to someone who actually needs it, then it is the insurance company that is wasting the time and money so that they can be the ones who are committing the fraud against their customers.

[@frankie4827]

I wish they would come video me.... It's only going to make my case stronger!

[@charleshines2142]

Setting social media to private doesn't really help. It just causes them to subpoena Facebook or Twitter or anything else for your posts. Now here is the thing. I imagine that even if they find one with your name they need some photos of you on it so they can prove it is yours. I know there are people with really common names and I even have a relative who has a very common surname. What it is I will not tell but it is one of those ones that turns up everywhere. I probably have relatives with the other very common ones too and just don't know it. What I am saying really is that even if they think they found your social media they would need to find photos of you or a close relative or family member to try to make the connection on that account with you. These investigators also work for a variety of people even the SSA to check up on someone to make sure they really are disabled. Just because one of those investigators is watching you it does not necessarily mean that they will get anything useful for a judge to terminate your benefits. If anything they may even get favorable evidence showing that your condition is actually worse. I imagine that is what most people hope for really or at the very least evidence that proves they are disabled.

[@vicmedina1176]

What if they followed and took video of wrong person and children and shared videos to the adjusters? Daughter and mother favor and they recorded mom and it was supposed to be the daughter. Followed mother also

[@DisabilityAttorneys]

If they got the wrong person, which we see happen, then they have no evidence against you.

[@johnmccarty3215]

I may show my credentials but Im in public and I do not have to tell them what I am doing