Alaska
Alaska Stat. § 42.20.310: It is illegal in Alaska to use an
eavesdropping device to hear or record a conversation without the consent
of at least one party to that conversation, or to disclose or publish
information that one knows, or should know, was illegally obtained. A
person who is not a party to a private conversation who receives
information from that conversation cannot legally divulge or publish the
information. Alaska Stat. § 42.20.300.
The state's highest court has held that the eavesdropping statute
clearly was intended to prohibit third-party interception of
communications and is not applicable to a participant in a conversation.
Palmer v. Alaska, 604 P.2d 1106 (Alaska 1979). Any violation of the
eavesdropping laws is a misdemeanor subject to a fine of up to $1,000
and/or one year in jail, and suppression of the contents in court is the
only civil penalty authorized. Alaska Stat. § 42.20.330.
The state hidden camera statute applies only to images that include
nudity. A person who views or produces a picture of a nude or
partially nude person without consent commits the crime of "indecent
viewing or photography." Alaska Stat. § 11.61.123.
