Borgo Fonte Scura s.r.l. – €4,000 Fine (Italy, 2020)
General GDPR enforcement action
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The Italian Data Protection Authority fined Borgo Fonte Scura s.r.l. €4,000 for not informing employees about video surveillance at work. This matters because it shows that businesses must be transparent about monitoring practices. Companies should ensure employees know how their data is being used.
What happened
Borgo Fonte Scura s.r.l. failed to inform employees about video surveillance at their workplace.
Who was affected
Employees who were recorded by the company's video surveillance system during work.
What the authority found
The Italian DPA found that Borgo Fonte Scura s.r.l. violated GDPR by not providing sufficient information to employees about the video surveillance and data processing.
Why this matters
This case underscores the importance of transparency in workplace monitoring, reminding companies to clearly communicate surveillance practices to employees to comply with GDPR.
GDPR Articles Cited
The Italian DPA (Garante) imposed a fine of EUR 4,000 on Borgo Fonte Scura s.r.l.. The controller had installed a video surveillance system which also recorded the three data subjects during their work. The data subjects were not sufficiently informed about the video surveillance and the resulting processing of their personal data.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Borgo Fonte Scura s.r.l. in IT
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
29 October 2020
Authority
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Fine Amount
€4,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-521
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Borgo Fonte Scura s.r.l. - Italy (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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