Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » France: La Samaritaine (LVMH) fined for disproportionate employee surveillance France: La Samaritaine (LVMH) fined for disproportionate employee surveillance The operator of the La Samaritaine department store has been fined €100,000 for breaching the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. France’s data watchdog, CNIL, found it had improperly used hidden cameras, failing to safeguard employees’ privacy. By Antoine Piel. Published on 26 September 2025 à 17h15 - Update on 26 September 2025 à 17h15 Resources On 18 September 2025, France’s data regulator CNIL announced it had fined La Samaritaine, the company employing 650 people to run the Paris department store, for breaching GDPR rules. In August 2023, the company had installed cameras disguised as smoke detectors to punish theft of goods from its stockrooms.… Antoine Piel Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.LinkedInThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
