Monitoring of private property and data protection laws
Data Protection Law and Monitoring in Multi-family Housing
When CCTV is to be installed in the joint property of multi-family houses, or on land that is shared, the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Privacy must be observed. According to them, a legally appointed house meeting must decide on monitoring the joint ownership of the house, whether it is monitoring indoors or outdoors. Special care must also be taken that the visual field of vision of the CCTV does not go beyond the area of the joint ownership, such as into the private areas of residents, neighboring land or areas in public.
It may vary how many owners have to approve the installation of CCTV, for example, depending on whether they are under the auspices of the building society or individual owners, but the approval rate depends on the law on multi-family houses. It falls outside the scope of the Data Protection Authority to monitor the implementation of the multi-family house law and the institution cannot therefore consider whether a simple majority at a legal house meeting is sufficient for the approved installation. Cases related to this can be brought before the Housing Appeal Board.
