In what French media describes as "the most damaging crisis yet for" French President Macron, a political scandal has revealed major gaps in the country’s enforcement of video surveillance regulations. These gaps could expose integrators and end users to government fines and other sanctions.
In this note, we examine:
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*** **** **** **** **** ***** reports ** *** ******* ************* ******** show “**** ** *** ***** *** best *********** *** ***** ** *** disposal.”
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GDPR ************
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Integrators ******
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** ** **** **** ***** ************ is *** *** ******* ****** ** GDPR, ***** *** ******* ****** ** response ** ***** **** ********* **** Google *** ********. *******, ** ****** ** * *******, there ** ** ***** **** *** penalties *** ** ******.
************, *** **** ** **** ******** targeting ***** ************ – *** *******,******* *** **** ********* *** ** ********** ********** *** private ********* *** ** *** ****.
******** *********** ****** ** ***** ** all ***** ************ *** **** *********** if *********.
"Private homeowners are exempt from most regulations but still cannot install cameras that film public areas like streets (this even applies to outdoor garage cameras.)"
This is just so crazy. The nanny state mindset that generates policies such as this is terrifying.
