🚗 Can I keep a dashcam in my car and publish the footage in Albania?

With conditions

Quick answer

Yes, you may keep a dashcam for safety — but publishing footage that identifies people and plates is a different matter. The myth is "my car, I film and post anything the camera catches" — no. Keeping a camera for your own protection and as evidence in a crash falls under the purely personal use that is exempt from Law no. 124/2024. But that exemption is lost the moment you publish footage showing faces, people or plates: there you become a data controller, obliged to blur identities and to have a lawful basis (IDP Instruction no. 03/2025). The Highway Code requires that the camera does not obstruct the driver's view. And beware the big figure: fines up to about 1 billion lek (roughly 10 million euro) are the ceiling for the most serious corporate breaches, not the tariff put on a citizen for one video.

📋 The rules

Keeping a dashcam for safety and evidence falls under the personal/family exemption of Law no. 124/2024.
That exemption is lost the moment you publish or share footage that identifies others (faces, plates).
When you publish, you become a controller: blur identities and plates, minimise, and have a lawful basis (IDP, Instruction no. 03/2025).
Highway Code: mount the camera so that it does not obstruct the driver's field of view.
Handing footage to the police or insurer as evidence is different from posting it on social media.

🔓 Exceptions

Giving footage to the authorities or the insurer for a crash is lawful use, not publication.
Filming inside your own car among family for personal reasons stays within the household exemption.
Continuous filming of a specific person (stalking, harassment) crosses into Criminal Code article 121.

⚠️ Penalties & fines

Beware the big figure going around: fines up to about 1 billion lek (roughly 10 million euro) or 2% of turnover are the ceiling for the most serious breaches, mostly of companies — not the tariff put on a private user for one video. For an individual, publishing footage that identifies people or plates without blurring can bring an IDP complaint, an order to take it down and a proportionate measure. If the footage exposes someone's private life, Criminal Code article 121 also applies, with a fine or up to 2 years in prison, and civil liability for defamation or harm to reputation may be added. A badly mounted camera that obstructs the view turns you into a Highway Code offender and weighs against you in a crash. So a dashcam for yourself is protection; a dashcam posted carelessly is liability.

📎 Official sources

Last verified: 2026-07-12

❓ Frequently asked

Am I allowed to keep a dashcam in my car?

Yes, keeping a camera for safety and as evidence in a crash falls under the personal use exempt from Law no. 124/2024. The limit comes with mounting and publishing: the camera must not obstruct the view, and footage of people or plates is not posted freely.

Can I publish dashcam footage on social media?

Not without care. The moment you publish footage that identifies persons or plates, you leave the personal exemption and become a data controller under Law no. 124/2024, so you must blur it and have a lawful basis. Without these, you risk an IDP complaint and removal of the material.

Can I give the dashcam footage to the police or insurer?

Yes, handing the footage to the authorities or the insurance company for a crash is lawful use, different from publication. It serves as evidence in a concrete case and does not expose the material to the wider public.

Can the law punish me just for having a camera in my car?

No, not just for keeping it for personal needs. The problem arises from the use: publishing identifying footage without a basis, following a specific person, or mounting it so it obstructs the view are what bring liability.

Does the 10 million euro fine apply to me too?

Not in practice. That figure is the ceiling for the most serious breaches, usually of businesses that process data at scale, not the typical tariff for a citizen with a dashcam. For an individual the measures are proportionate to the actual breach.

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