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Italian Data Protection Authority Fines Nursery €10,000 Over Online Photos of Infants

The authority said parents’ consent was not freely given.

Overview

  • The decision orders deletion of images and bans further online dissemination on the nursery’s website and Google Maps.
  • Investigators found photos of children aged 3 to 36 months taken during sleep, meals, toilet use, diaper changes, and infant massages.
  • The case followed a parent’s complaint after being required to authorize image use as a condition of enrollment.
  • The nursery’s video-surveillance system was found unlawful under privacy rules and the Italian Workers’ Statute.
  • The watchdog cited concrete risks from wider online exposure, including potential reuse of images by malicious actors targeting minors.