More hot dogs on the grill, please!

The young people working at a petrol station in Telemark were repeatedly called by their boss, asking them to put more hot dogs on the grill. How could the boss see how many hot dogs were on the grill if he wasn’t at the station himself? The employees suspected that the owner was videoing all or parts of the station, and watching it “live” from his home. An inspection by the summer team of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) showed that they were right. It is considered a serious infringement to use surveillance cameras in order to monitor your employees in this way. The positioning of the cameras also had to be altered so that they no longer recorded the employees’ movements behind the counter.

Source: The Norwegian Data Inspectorate

Caught on suspicion

A taxi driver had lost his wallet. He was contacted by a store that had found his wallet and driving license on a chair. The driver was allowed to see CCTV footage, which showed that a boy had sat on the chair. The man recognized the boy from the neighborhood, contacted him and accused him of having stolen his wallet. The boy denied it. Even though the footage showed that the boy had sat on the chair where the wallet was found, this isn’t proof that he was the one who stole the wallet. The store had no right to show the footage to anyone except the police, and the store was ordered to evaluate its video surveillance procedures.

Source: The Norwegian Data Inspectorate

Caught on camera in the changing room

Customers at a sporting goods store in Sweden were filmed by a video camera while in the changing room. This secret surveillance was discovered by chance by the local newspaper. The surveillance was said to have gone on for more than a year. According to the store manager, the store needed the cameras due to the high rate of theft. The management of the sports chain stopped using the cameras immediately after this story came to light.

Source: Aftenposten

Bestill klassesett