EU Court of Justice · 11 December 2014
Ryneš
In plain English
A home security camera that also films a public space, such as the street, is not covered by the household exemption, so data protection law applies to it.
What the court ruled
the operation of a camera system … installed by an individual on his family home for the purposes of protecting the property, health and life of the home owners, but which also monitors a public space, does not amount to the processing of data in the course of a purely personal or household activity …
Related
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