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Real estate company – €40,000 Fine (France, 2025)
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A French real estate company was fined EUR 40,000 for improperly monitoring its employees through invasive software. This included taking screenshots and filming employees without proper notice. The ruling stresses the importance of respecting employee privacy and following data protection laws.
What happened
The French DPA imposed a fine on a real estate company for inappropriately monitoring its employees using surveillance software.
Who was affected
Employees of the real estate company who were subjected to monitoring without adequate notice.
What the authority found
The authority found that the company's monitoring practices violated GDPR requirements for data security and employee privacy.
Why this matters
This case serves as a critical reminder for employers to respect employee privacy rights and to ensure compliance with data protection regulations. Companies must be transparent about monitoring practices.
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The French DPA imposed a fine of EUR 40,000 on a real estate company for inappropriately monitoring its employees. A software program recorded “periods of inactivity” and regularly took screenshots of the computers of employees working from home. The program automatically detected when an employee made no keyboard or mouse movements for a period of 3 to 15 minutes. In addition, the employees in the offices were continuously filmed. These measures were deemed disproportionate and were considered problematic and violated data security requirements. The company had also failed to adequately inform employees about the surveillance and to carry out a data protection impact assessment.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Real estate company in FR
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
4 February 2025
Authority
Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés
Fine Amount
€40,000
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Cite as: Cookie Fines. Real estate company - France (2025). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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