Workshop – €1,300 Fine (Hungary, 2022)
General GDPR enforcement action
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A Hungarian workshop was fined for using surveillance cameras that recorded employees without a valid reason. The cameras were meant to protect company assets, but they also captured employees' work areas unnecessarily. The DPA found the workshop failed to inform employees properly and couldn't rely on consent as a legal basis.
What happened
A workshop's video surveillance system recorded employees without a valid legal basis, leading to a fine.
Who was affected
Employees at the workshop who were recorded by the surveillance cameras without proper justification.
What the authority found
The Hungarian DPA fined the workshop for disproportionate surveillance and failing to inform employees, as consent was not a valid legal basis.
Why this matters
This case underscores the need for businesses to carefully assess the necessity of surveillance and ensure transparency with employees. Consent may not be a valid legal basis in employer-employee relationships.
GDPR Articles Cited
The Hungarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,300 on a workshop. The workshop had installed a video surveillance system to protect the company's assets. However, the cameras also captured parts of the employee's work area. The DPA found that the recording of the employees was not necessary to ensure the purposes associated with the video surveillance and was therefore disproportionate. The DPA also found that the workshop had not sufficiently complied with its information obligations under Art. 13 GDPR. The workshop referred to the consent given by the employees as the legal basis for the video surveillance. However, the DPA concluded that the workshop could not base the video surveillance on consent, as voluntary consent in the employee-employer relationship is questionable. Instead, the workshop should have based the video surveillance on a legitimate interest.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Workshop in HU
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
29 March 2022
Authority
Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság
Fine Amount
€1,300
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-1169
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Workshop - Hungary (2022). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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