Court clarifies disputed issue: Video surveillance: When is it a case for the data protection authority?
Anyone who feels disturbed by their neighbour's video surveillance must provide the data protection authority with more than just a suspicion - which is why screenshots can be crucial.
A German court has ruled that a homeowner's complaint about a neighbouring video surveillance camera was unfounded. The camera's operator had installed a software-based private zone mask that permanently obscured the homeowner's property from view. The court found that the data protection authority was not required to take action unless it could be shown that personal data was actually being processed.
The homeowner had argued that the camera's settings could be changed in the future, but the court ruled that only actual data processing at the time of the complaint was relevant.
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