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CAMERA FEUD AMONG TENANTS
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Ken,
    There is a 2 family rental. One of the tenants placed cameras outside without asking landlord permission. The other tenant is upset saying it's an invasion of privacy. Cameras are outside first tenant's door and facing his own parking spot.  Are there any legalities to the owner or other tenant?  Are there any liabilities?
Lisa  A. Augello
Service Manager
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RESPONSE
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    And what dog do you have in this fight?  Tenant probably violated the lease by placing a camera outside of the leased space.  Common area is generally retained by the landlord / owner.  No video or civil rights or privacy laws appear to have been violated.  Cameras can be placed to view public places and this is especially the case when the public places have no expectation of privacy.
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WHAT AFFECT WILL PURCHASE ORDER HAVE ON ALARM CONTRACT
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Ken,
          We are going to sign a contract with a customer, and from what I am being told, after the contract is signed they will issue a purchase order.  What if the purchase order has conflicting terms and conditions?
Thank you,
Jeff 
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RESPONSE
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    The Standard All in One [I know you use the Commercial Fire] provides that it is the complete agreement and cannot be modified except in a writing signed by both parties.  You are not signing the PO and therefore the PO should not override the Alarm Contract.  
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MONITORING FIRE ALARM INSPECTED BY OTHERS
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Ken,
    Thank you for keeping all of us security/fire professionals informed on the important issues from our industry. I have a potential client that currently has one company provide the monitoring for his business security/fire combination system and another company providing the annual inspection of the fire alarm devices. He would like us to just take over the monitoring and continue to use the other company to provide the inspection services. Of course I’m pushing for us to take it all over but he is being stubborn on the inspection part, not sure why. I would hate to turn away a fire alarm monitoring contract because of the inspection issue. What would your recommendation be? Is it ok to just provide monitoring with another company testing the system? If so what contracts would you recommend we get signed?
    Best regards,
Marc 
Middlesex, NJ 
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RESPONSE
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    Be very clear on the Fire All in One that you are providing monitoring service only; that inspection is done by others.  You don't mention who is doing the repair work.  You should have the subscriber sign off on the Per Call Service provision in the Fire All in One.  The monitoring portion of the Fire All in One makes it clear that it's the subscriber's responsibility to keep the system operational. 
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