France

Real estate company

40,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) on 2025-02-04.

Rank · Sector

#44

of 213 in Employment

Rank · France

#54

of 74

Rank · All fines

#828

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)
Date: 2025-02-04
Controller / Processor: Real estate company
Sector: Employment
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) c) GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR, Art. 12 GDPR, Art. 13 GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR, Art. 35 GDPR
Type of violation: Non-compliance with general data processing principles

Summary

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.

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