Legal analysis: whether it is illegal for an individual to install a camera needs to be treated according to specific circumstances. It is illegal to claim compensation if the other party is not suspected of profiting from it and has not caused calculable economic losses. Restrictions on installing cameras in public places:

1, installation must be publicized to inform relevant personnel;

2. The installation scope must be limited to the scope that does not directly invade privacy;

3. You can't disclose the supervised content at will, otherwise it may also involve infringement.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 1032 Natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, exposing or making public.

Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live in peace and don't want to be known by others.

Article 103 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts:

(a) by telephone, SMS, instant messaging tools, e-mail, leaflets, etc. Disturb the private life of others;

(2) Entering, taking photos or peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms;

(3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing other people's private activities;

(4) Shooting or peeping at the private parts of others' bodies;

(5) handling other people's private information;

(6) Infringe upon the privacy of others in other ways.