Ew Business Machines S.p.A.

Description

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on Ew Business Machines S.p.A.. The controller had installed a video surveillance system that not only recorded images in real time, but also made audio recordings, capturing employees. Both the company's legal representative and their family had access to these recordings via a smartphone. During its investigation, the DPA found that the employees were not adequately informed about the additional audio monitoring. In addition, the company used an application to continuously track the location of some employees via GPS. The DPA found that this continuous location tracking constituted an excessive monitoring of the employees. In addition, the company had installed an alarm system based on the processing of biometric data (fingerprints). In this case, the company could not demonstrate a sufficient legal basis for the processing of the biometric data.