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Data controller gets EU GDPR fine over video surveillance

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Published on: 20 June 2022
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LNB News 20/06/2022

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Issue Date: 20 June 2022

Published Date: 20 June 2022

Jurisdiction(s): United Kingdom

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MLex has reported that an unnamed data controller has received a €1,000 fine from the Spanish Data Protection Authority for the illegal processing of data via a video-surveillance system. The controller installed a camera at the entrance of a bar, which contrary to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR) principle of data minimisation processed images of people on the street and in public areas.

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