A method of operating a remote view system with privacy protection and a remote view system with privacy protection. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request from a remote device for one or more images of a vehicle interior, receiving one or more images of the vehicle interior, determining whether a privacy key is located within the vehicle interior, determining whether one or more occupants are located within the vehicle interior, retrieving the privacy settings of the vehicle interior stored in memory, responsive to determining that the privacy key and the one or more occupants are located within the vehicle interior, generating one or more privacy images based on the one or more images and the privacy settings of the vehicle interior, controlling a transceiver to transmit the one or more privacy images to the remote device via an antenna.