German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employee surveillance
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Neil Hodge2021-01-11T19:08:00
A German data regulator fined an online laptop and electronic goods retailer €10.4 million (U.S. $12.7 million) for video-monitoring employees for at least two years without legal basis.
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