An imaging device (1) for imaging a subject and distributing the captured video. The privacy of the subject is adequately protected, and a required monitoring function is realized. The imaging device (1) comprises an imaging section (10) for imaging a subject, an
encryption key
list storage section (13) storing
encryption key data associated with a video
display device and permitting display of the captured video showing the subject for each subject, a communication section (12) for judging whether or not a specific subject corresponding to the video
display device is shown in the captured video, a video encrypting section (15) for encrypting a partial video of at least the specific subject in the captured video with
encryption key data associated with video
display device specifying information on the specific subject when the communication section (12) has judged that the specific subject is shown in the captured image, thereby to convert the partial video into an encrypted video, and create a limited captured video including the encrypted video, and a video transmitting section (16) for distributing the limited captured video to the video display device.