Danish DPA Rips Dental Practice for Undisclosed Audio Recordings
The Danish Data Protection Agency on Thursday slammed a dental practice that secretly recorded conversations with an employee.
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The practice said the audio recordings were meant to be used as evidence of conversations that had taken place throughout the employment relationship, the DPA noted, according to an unofficial translation. The discussions mainly concerned complaints against patients and staff, the quality of the employee's work and complaints from patients.
The dental company also said the recordings were of paramount importance in an employment lawsuit, but the litigation wasn't filed until more than three years after the first recording was made.
The DPA voiced "serious criticism" of the practice for making the recordings without the necessary legal basis, saying it had violated transparency rules by never informing the employee that the conversations were recorded.