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At Ikea Westbahnhof, the security cameras looked too much at the customer's fingers. And the Swedish furniture house was also too curious in the outdoor area, as the Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) confirms in a verdict.
A fine of one and a half million euros must be paid by the Swedish institution specialist IKEA in Austria. The reason: The company is said to have unintentionally filmed the PIN entries at the payment terminals in its branch at Vienna's Westbahnhof by means of a surveillance camera. The company does not want to accept this and makes an appeal against the judgment. Roughly negligent video surveillance The Austrian Data Protection Authority has be…
Ikea Austria was sentenced to a fine of 1.5 million euros after the branch at Vienna's Westbahnhof had illegally monitored passers-by and areas such as the cash register area by video. The furniture chain has announced a revision.
Ikea was sentenced to a fine of 1.5 million euros for illegal video surveillance, several media reported on Tuesday. At the branch at Vienna's Westbahnhof, cameras were said to have illegally filmed passers-by in front of the branch and the cash register area including PIN entries. The Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) confirmed the original criminal record of the data protection authority, it was said to the APA. Ikea, however, wants to go in…
The company filed a revision and argued that the affected customers had not been identified in the recordings
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