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Re:German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employ... by Aerroon on Monday January 18, 2021 @04:04AM (#25819746)
The difference is that a camera can only see what another person could see if they were to observe you. A search will also see things that you didn't expect other people to see.
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Re:German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employ... by sgift on Monday January 18, 2021 @04:20AM (#25819852)
That's why searches are only allowed in very specific cases. You cannot institute a blanket search policy.
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