Private person. - Owner of a residential unit in an apartment building.

The fine was imposed on a private individual who used a video surveillance, which covered areas intended for general use by the residents of the residential complex (parking spaces, sidewalks, courtyard, garden and acess to building) and garden areas of an adjacent property. The video surveillance was not limited to areas which are under the exclusive control of the controller. The surveillance recorded the hallway and the entering and leaving of the apartments by the residents, thereby intervening in the very personal areas of life of the data subjects without their consent. It was therefore not proportionate to the purpose and not limited to a necessary extend. In addition the video surveillance were also not displayed properly. Authority: Austrian Data Protection Authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde "DSB")