Glossary
Two-party consent
Two-party consent is a legal rule under which every participant in a conversation must agree before it may be recorded.
What it means
It contrasts with one-party consent, where only one person in the conversation needs to agree, and that person can be the one doing the recording. "Two-party" is the common name even when more than two people are involved. "All-party consent" is the more precise term.
Which rule applies depends on where the participants are. In the United States, several states require all-party consent while most require only one party, and calls that cross state lines complicate matters further. Other countries have their own rules. This page is not legal advice. When in doubt, get consent from everyone and announce the recording.
How this relates to Autorec
Autorec gives you the recording, but not a way to skip the conversation about consent. It records from your desktop and never announces itself to the call. The simple, jurisdiction-proof habit is to tell participants at the start that you are recording. And since Autorec keeps recordings local, you can honour a deletion request without involving any vendor.
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