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LVMH's Samaritain fined by French data watchdog for hidden cameras in stockrooms

( September 23, 2025, 07:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Samaritain, a Paris department store owned by LVMH, has been fined €100,000 by the French data watchdog for installing smoke-detector-style cameras with microphones in two stockrooms. The Data Protection Authority said the retailer failed to carry out a GDPR data protection law compliance analysis, involved its data protection officer too late, and recorded excessive audio data.Press release in French follows....

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