Unauthorized recording on toilet facility

Unauthorized recording on toilet facility

As a result of a tip from the provincial police directorate, the data protection authority discovered that the operator of a public toilet facility had been operating a covertly installed video camera in one of the toilet cubicles. The camera was used for nine to twelve hours on three different days between June 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020 and set up in different positions. The angle of exposure mainly covered the intimate area of the subject, but also the entire body including the face. The data subjects were not informed about the recordings, including a minor.

Although the operator justified the installation of the camera with a “technical interest”, he admitted that he had chosen the place of recording due to a “certain attraction of the illicit”. The recorded videos were saved and deleted by the fine recipient after inspection.

Entscheidungsdatum:
25.04.2023

Land:
Austria

Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data collection

Betroffene Datensätze:
unknown

Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No

verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 25,000,-

Quelle:
Fine notice from the data protection authority