A judge in Pamplona has issued the first ruling in Spain on the requirements for video-surveillance recordings to be valid as evidence in an employer's monitoring of workers' activity.
The presiding judge of Social Court No. 3 of Pamplona concludes that the evidence obtained from the recording is void because the company had merely put up a sign warning of the presence of cameras, but had not informed the workers of their installation or of the specific purpose of the system installed.
The judge, nonetheless, rules the disciplinary dismissal valid because other evidence unrelated to the unlawful recordings was presented—the testimony of a witness who saw the assault—according to the TSJN.
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