CNIL issues fine of 20,000 euros against a small company in France regardin videosurveillance

The French data protection authority, the CNIL, announced on 18th June 2019 that it has issued a 20,000 euros fine against Uniontrad Company, a small company (9 employees) based in France and specialized in translations, for “excessive videosurveillance”.

According to the CNIL, employees of the company had filed complaints with the CNIL between 2013 and 2017 over the filming. In February 2018, the CNIL conducted an investigation at the company’s offices and found that a camera was continuously recording the staff’s activities at their work station, without sufficient information being provided to the staff.

Source: Videosurveillance: CNIL issues fine of 20,000 euros against a small company in France