Can I have someone bugged?

Can I have someone bugged?

Will Geddes (Close Protection Officer) gives expert video advice on: What's the difference between a close protection officer and a bodyguard?; Do I have the right to kill someone?; Am I bound by criminal law if I hurt someone? and more...

A lot of people ask me the question, “Can I bug someone?” And the simple rule of thumb is, “No, you can't have someone bugged.” Again, there's a question of invasion of privacy. There's a question of intrusion. Whereas it may be checking on a cheating husband or a cheating wife if you are trying to tape their conversations within obviously your own home. If you start interfering with telephone systems or cell phones, or even start to put devices into locations where you are not permitted to access you're getting into very fraught areas of legal complications and interceptions of telecommunications acts. So as a general rule, I would always say, ideally try not to have someone bugged, but if you do, you need to take a specialist's advice both legally and security-wise before you have that person bugged.