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The Spanish Information Protection Agency fines a business of Urban Buses

[09/07/2007] The Spanish Information Protection Agency has condemed the municipal business Urban Buses of Mérida for two serious infractions with two fines, one of 6,000 euros and another of 601 euros, the Work Commision informed yesterday.

These two sanctions have been imposed as a result of the investigation that was opened for the denouncement presented by the Work Commision against the instalation of television cameras and digital video-recorders in the urban buses, such as the posibility of the treatment and use of the personal data obtained of the travelers, understanding that it was infringing on the rights and guarantees established by the Information Protection Law.

Besides, as the syndicate denounced, the Town Hall had not solicited the inscription in the General Register of Information Protection for the folder in which the recorded images are stored.

Judge Juan Luis Lancho, responsible for CC. OO., anounced yesterday that this syndicate does not discard to go to the courts to ask for the responsible punishments for the manages of the Buses who decided its instalation, Prudencio González, and they also do not discard to appeal the decison of the Spanish Information Protection Agency that thought the sanction should be greater.

With respect to the possible removal of these cameras, people in charge of the Government team explained yesterday that it will be necessary to study the event in the next meeting of the Transport business that will take place next Tuesday the 12th, at the same time as the celebration of the next municipal plenary meeting.
One has to remember that the members of the pleanary meeting are from this advisory body. Its new president will be the socialistic councilwoman Mercedes Moyano.


Source: www.hoy.es
Date: 09.07.2007

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