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Regulatory Enforcement

German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employee
surveillance

By Neil Hodge2021-01-11T19:08:00

Employee monitoring

A German data regulator fined an online laptop and electronic goods
retailer EUR10.4 million (U.S. $12.7 million) for video-monitoring
employees for at least two years without legal basis.

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