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Employer UNIONTRAD COMPANY – €20,000 Fine (France, 2019)
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Employer UNIONTRAD COMPANY was fined for filming employees at their workstations without following proper rules. The company failed to inform employees about the recording and did not stop the practice after being warned. This case highlights the importance of respecting employee privacy in the workplace.
What happened
UNIONTRAD COMPANY filmed employees at their workstations without proper notice and consent.
Who was affected
Employees of UNIONTRAD COMPANY who were recorded by CCTV cameras at their workstations.
What the authority found
The CNIL found that the company violated GDPR requirements by not providing adequate information and failing to stop continuous filming.
Why this matters
This ruling emphasizes that companies must take employee privacy seriously and follow legal requirements when using surveillance. Other businesses should review their practices to ensure compliance with privacy laws.
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Between 2013 and 2017, the CNIL received complaints from several employees of the company who were filmed at their workstation. On two occasions, it alerted the company to the rules to be observed when installing cameras in the workplace, in particular, that employees should not be filmed continuously and that information about the data processing has to be provided. In the absence of satisfactory measures at the end of the deadline set in the formal notice, the CNIL carried out a second audit in October 2018 which confirmed that the employer was still breaching data protection laws when recording employees with CCTV. When determening the amount of the fine, the CNIL took into account the size (9 employees) and the financial situation of the company, which presented a negative net result in 2017 (turnover of 885,739 EUR in 2017 and a negative net result of 110,844 EUR), to retain a dissuasive but proportionate administrative fine.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Employer UNIONTRAD COMPANY in FR
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
13 June 2019
Authority
Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés
Fine Amount
€20,000
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Employer UNIONTRAD COMPANY - France (2019). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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