Listening-in or recording telephone conversations is a prohibited activity except under very limited circumstances. Briefly summarized, such activities are permissible only when all parties to a conversation give consent . If speaker-phones or other audio teleconference equipment are used, all parties shall be informed of the names or number of persons listening. Use of tape recorders or verbatim recording of conversations is prohibited without the unanimous consent of all parties.
Similar restrictions apply to the recording of discussions among employees while on duty.
No tape recording of any conversation may be undertaken without the prior knowledge and full consent of all parties involved.