Originally Posted by WillCAD

"This phone call may be recorded for customer assurance purposes."

"These premises under video surveillance."

"By signing this application, you agree to allow [potential employer] to conduct a background check..."

"By signing this application, you agree to allow [bank] to conduct a credit history search..."

"By accepting this position, you agree to allow [employer] to monitor your whereabouts and activities through video surveillance and computer monitoring..."

"Step out of the car, please, sir. Do you mind if I have a look in your trunk?"

"May we come in and speak to you, sir? We have some questions regarding [crime]..."

Plenty.

Of course, you may be thinking only of Jack Bauer surveilling Conrad Seigfried or Doctor Klaw by sitting across the street in a black SUV, taking pictures with a 15-pound, $20,000 professional DSLR camera, but that's not the only kind of surveillance there is.