ANSPDCP (Romania) - Das Sense Society SRL

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ANSPDCP - Das Sense Society SRL
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Authority: ANSPDCP (Romania)
Jurisdiction: Romania
Relevant Law: Article 58(1) GDPR
Article 83(5)(e) GDPR
Type: Complaint
Outcome: Upheld
Started:
Decided:
Published: 09.11.2022
Fine: 1,000 EUR
Parties: Das Sense Society SRL
National Case Number/Name: Das Sense Society SRL
European Case Law Identifier: n/a
Appeal: Unknown
Original Language(s): Romanian
Original Source: ANSPDCP (in RO)
Initial Contributor: Daniela Duta

The Romanian DPA fined a controller €1,000 for failing to comply with a request for information by the DPA in the course of an investigation into the controller's processing activities.

English Summary

Facts

Data subjects submitted several complaints claiming that surveillance cameras were installed at the controller's workplace. Allegedly, the surveillance cameras captured images both from the public domain (the sidewalk and the street) and from the private domain (ramp and access stairs of a residential complex, access to a supermarket). As a result, the Romanian DPA initiated an investigation into the controller's processing activities. In the course of proceedings, the DPA requested information from the controller, to which the controller failed to respond. The investigation was completed in October 2022.

Holding

The DPA held that the fact that the controller did not provide the information requested by the DPA violated Article 58(1) GDPR and Article 83(5)(e) GDPR.

In conclusion, the Romanian DPA fined the controller €1,000 for not providing the requested information.

Comment

The Romanian DPA rarely published full decisions. This summary is based on a press release of the Romanian DPA.

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English Machine Translation of the Decision

The decision below is a machine translation of the Romanian original. Please refer to the Romanian original for more details.

09.11.2022

Fine for GDPR violation



In October of the current year, the National Supervisory Authority completed an investigation at the operator SC Das Sense Society SRL to which it imposed a fine, as a result of the fact that it did not provide the information requested by our institution, thus violating the provisions of art. 58 para. (1) correlated with the provisions of art. 83 para. (5) lit. e) from the General Regulation on Data Protection.

As such, SC Das Sense Society SRL was penalized for contravention with a fine of 4,950 lei, the equivalent of 1000 EURO.

The investigation was carried out as a result of some complaints claiming that surveillance cameras were installed at the operator's workplace that captured images both from the public domain (pavement and street) and from the private domain (ramp and stairs access to a housing complex, access to a supermarket).

During the investigation carried out, as a result of the fact that the operator did not comply with the request for information addressed by our institution, a violation of the provisions of art. 58 para. (1) of the General Regulation on Data Protection and SC Das Sense Society SRL was sanctioned with a fine.



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