Company – €3,000 Fine (Spain, 2022)
General GDPR enforcement action
This case relates to broader data protection obligations, not specifically to cookie or consent banner compliance. It is not included in cookie statistics or the Risk Calculator.
A Spanish company was fined €3,000 for recording voices without permission through its video surveillance system. The company didn't inform people about the recordings or their rights related to this data. This case highlights the importance of transparency when using surveillance technology.
What happened
A company recorded voices of employees and customers without a valid legal basis using its video surveillance system.
Who was affected
Employees and customers whose voices were recorded by the company's surveillance system.
What the authority found
The Spanish DPA found the company lacked a valid legal basis for recording voices and failed to provide necessary information about the surveillance.
Why this matters
This case underscores the need for businesses to be transparent about surveillance practices and ensure they have a legal basis for collecting such data. Companies should review their surveillance policies to comply with privacy laws.
GDPR Articles Cited
The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3,000 on a company. The controller had installed a video surveillance system that also recorded the voices of both employees and customers. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller did not have a valid legal basis for processing the information of the voices as part of the video surveillance. In addition, the DPA found that the controller failed to provide sufficient information about the video surveillance, including information about the processing, the identity of the controller, and the exercise of data subjects' rights.
Related Enforcement Actions (3)
Other enforcement actions involving Company in ES
Fine
€3K
Details
Fine Date
29 November 2022
Authority
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Fine Amount
€3,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-1507
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Company - Spain (2022). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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