<P> Taking pictures of police officers in many circumstances was made illegal by a 2015 "Citizens' Security Law" with the stated purpose of protecting police officers and their families from harassment . The law has generated controversy because it may be harder to denounce police brutality . A far more limited version of the law had been in effect for several decades regarding when police work related to terrorism . A person was fined under this law for taking and publishing online a photograph of an illegally parked police car . </P> <P> Mexican law is similar to the law in the United States . Authorities may intimidate or prevent any holder of a camera if they come into close perimeters of Government buildings . </P> <P> In South Korea, taking pictures of women without their consent, even in public, is considered to be criminal sexual assault, punishable by a fine of under 10 million won and up to 5 years imprisonment . In July 2017 an amendment to the law was voted on in favour of allowing for chemical castration of people taking such photographs . </P>

Is it illegal to take a picture of someones house