{"id":6561,"date":"2025-11-21T18:55:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qltlex.com\/?p=6561"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:12:32","slug":"cctv-in-stores-rules-risks-and-best-practices-for-retail-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qltlex.com\/en\/news\/qlt-news-en\/cctv-in-stores-rules-risks-and-best-practices-for-retail-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTV in stores: rules, risks and best practices for retail surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"3355\" data-end=\"3715\">A recent article on <em>Agenda Digitale<\/em> explains that installing CCTV systems in stores and shopping centers is lawful only if justified by clear, proportional purposes and implemented with procedures compliant with privacy and labour regulations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3355\" data-end=\"3715\">Authored by attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/qltlex.com\/en\/team\/andrea-patrizi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"2531\" data-end=\"2549\">Andrea Patrizi<\/strong><\/a> of <em>QLT Law &amp; Tax<\/em>, the piece outlines operational obligations: data controllers must respect strict limits on video retention, conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) in case of large-scale surveillance, and comply with data protection principles. Violations may lead to fines up to \u20ac40,000.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3355\" data-end=\"3715\">Surveillance can be justified for security or asset protection, but must not become a tool for generalised monitoring of customers or employees. Mandatory are visible notices, adherence to the principles of lawfulness, data minimization and proportionality under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) &#8211;\u00a0and, when employees are recorded, compliance with labour-law provisions regarding remote monitoring.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3355\" data-end=\"3715\">Read the full article on <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agendadigitale.eu\/sicurezza\/telecamere-nei-negozi-guida-a-regole-rischi-e-buone-pratiche\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"3416\" data-end=\"3536\">Agenda Digitale<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article on Agenda Digitale explains that installing CCTV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qlt-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CCTV in stores: rules, risks and best practices for retail surveillance - QLT Law &amp; 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