HDPA (Greece) - 4/15-12-2022
| HDPA - 4/15-12-2022 | |
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| Authority: | HDPA (Greece) |
| Jurisdiction: | Greece |
| Relevant Law: | Article 5 GDPR Article 6 GDPR Article 7 of European Charter of Fundamental Rights Article 8 of European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 of European Charter of Fundamental Rights Article 9 of Greek Constitution Article 9A of Greek Constitution |
| Type: | Complaint |
| Outcome: | Upheld |
| Started: | 08.06.2022 |
| Decided: | 15.12.2022 |
| Published: | 15.12.2022 |
| Fine: | n/a |
| Parties: | n/a |
| National Case Number/Name: | 4/15-12-2022 |
| European Case Law Identifier: | n/a |
| Appeal: | n/a |
| Original Language(s): | [[:Category:|]] [[Category:]] |
| Original Source: | [ (in )] |
| Initial Contributor: | Anastasia Tsermenidou |
The Authority investigated the installation of a video surveillance system in an apartment building. The maintained installed video surveillance system in violation of the decision of the General Assembly of the owners.
English Summary
Facts
The Greek DPA investigated a complaint concerning the installation of a video surveillance system in the pilot house of an apartment building. The Greek DPA found that the complainants maintained the installed video surveillance system in violation of the decision of the General Assembly of the owners and issued a compliance order for the above violation. The system installation video surveillance system in residential complexes for the security of common areas and the persons walking in them may be carried out only by decision of the body responsible for management of the complex (e.g. the general assembly of the block of flats). The person responsible for the processing of the video surveillance system is the association of persons of the co-owners acting through the general assembly. Therefore, in cases where a video surveillance system is installed by in a common area, such as the pilotage of a block of flats, where it cannot be used by the other tenants can be excluded, the use of the system should be excessively infringes the rights of persons moving around the premises, as it is likely that activities closely related to the area are being monitored closely linked to their private lives.
Holding
The Greek DPA ordered the complainants to stop processing through the camera that oversees the pilotin and also ordered them to inform the Greek DPA about the realization of the above actions.
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English Machine Translation of the Decision
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