AI -powered cameras offer new methods of analyzing driving behavior to assist drivers. Employers must ensure that these devices respect drivers’ personal data and privacy. Some employers of transport companies wish to install augmented cameras embedded in the professional vehicles used by their employees/agents. These cameras are used, for example, to detect in real time fatigue (warning signs of driver fatigue, as well as falling asleep while driving) or distraction (detection of the driver’s gaze off the road axis or an action that could alter driving…
Read moreROMANIAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: Penalty for GDPR violation
The National Supervisory Authority for the Processing of Personal Data completed in October 2024 an investigation at the operator UP ROMÂNIA SRL and found a violation of the provisions of art. 5 paragraph (1) a), c) and para. (2) and art. 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 , in conjunction with art. 5 a)-d) from Law no. 190/2018, as well as the violation of the provisions of art. 5 para. (1) e) and para. (2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 , in…
Read moreDANISH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: asks questions about the Rejsekort app
The Danish Data Protection Agency is now considering whether to initiate a closer investigation of the Rejsekort app. Therefore, the Danish Data Protection Agency has asked Rejsekort & Rejseplan to answer some general questions about the app. The new Rejsekort app will potentially process personal data about many people, including the registration of users’ location data. Therefore, the Danish Data Protection Agency has asked Rejsekort & Rejseplan to answer some questions about how the app works and about the personal…
Read moreGREEK SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: Fine and reprimand to employer for processing employee’s personal data
The Authority investigated a complaint by a former employee that data from the geolocation system operating on a vehicle provided by the employer was used to locate the employee during his leave. The Authority imposed on the complainant company, as the controller, on the basis of Article 58(1)(a) of the GDPR, the right to use the data for the purposes of the application of the data protection rules. 2(i) of the GDPR, an administrative fine of EUR 2,000 for the…
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