---
title: "Photography, recording, mobile phones and electronic devices (AI meeting assistants banned)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/ai-rules/b12-au-vic-victorian-civil-and-administra-photography-recording-mobile-phones-and-"
type: "ai_rule"
site: "AI Law Framework"
issuer: "Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal"
status: "Court user guide"
jurisdiction: "Victoria"
source: "https://www.vcat.vic.gov.au/the-vcat-process/on-hearing-day/photography-recording-mobile-phones-and-electronic-devices"
---

# Photography, recording, mobile phones and electronic devices (AI meeting assistants banned)

> Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Victoria.

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## About this rule

- Issuer: Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- Body type: Tribunal
- Type: Court user guide
- Date: Date not stated
- Confidence: High
- Jurisdiction: [Victoria](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/victoria.md)

## Summary

VCAT hearing-day guidance on recording and devices, stating that AI meeting assistants cannot be used because they automatically record hearings.

## Points recorded from the source

- "You cannot use artificial intelligence (AI) meeting assistants" because they automatically record hearings
- Publishing a permitted recording without the member's written permission may still be an offence

## Verify note

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## Source

[Read the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal source](https://www.vcat.vic.gov.au/the-vcat-process/on-hearing-day/photography-recording-mobile-phones-and-electronic-devices)

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