Important information regarding the impact of the EU-GDPR in the areas of video surveillance and customer counting

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Since May 25, 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new version of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG n. F.) have been mandatory. This introduces new information obligations for operators of video security systems
that have become significantly stricter compared to the previous legal situation.

According to § 4 para. 2 BDSG n. F., the fact of observation as well as the name and contact details of the responsible parties must be made recognizable by appropriate measures at the earliest possible time.This usually has to be done
through signs or stickers, the message of which can be perceived by those affected before they enter the detection area of a camera. Furthermore, it is new that those affected must be provided with extensive information about the processing of the collected data "at the time of data collection" in accordance with Article
13 of the GDPR.

There is no grandfathering for older signage that does not meet the requirements mentioned below.

If the new information obligations are not complied with, the data protection supervisory authority can demand the rectification of the deficiencies from the operator (Art. 58 para. 2 GDPR) and impose a fine for the lack of transparency (Art. 83 para. 5 GDPR).