Supreme Administrative Court held that privacy masks do not prevent processing
The Supreme Administrative Court (NSA), in its judgment of 8 September 2026, the full text of which is available in our Judykatura database, drew a precise line between genuinely limiting a surveillance camera’s field of view and merely concealing part of an image by software. The Court confirmed that a digital privacy mask does not eliminate processing where the camera still brings another person’s property within its field of view.
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