Remotely controlling access to a digital camera. In some embodiments, a method may include defining at least one parameter associated with a capture of media by a camera coupled to a monitored computer device, determining that the camera is capturing media, determining that the at least one parameter is present in the captured media; determining that the presence of the at least one parameter is not approved, and sending an instruction to the monitored computer device to disable use of the camera coupled to the monitored computer device for a pre-determined period of time based on determining that the presence of the at least one parameter is not approved.