secretly
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The European Union's central data regulator on Tuesday said smart glasses should give "clear warnings" when they are recording, after a public outcry in recent months over secretly filmed footage of girls and women.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
An independent commission found City had broken rules over a nine-year period between 2009 and 2018 by creating "sham" contracts with commercial partners to secretly funnel more than £830m into their football operations.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
My response—even as I had no idea I was being secretly recorded—was: “Obviously nothing can be illegal.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Also this year, Cohen’s press officer secretly was recorded by a woman who pretended to be on a date with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Then he says, “But that sounds like a song of forbidden love, Reina. That must mean there’s someone here you secretly love.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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