Apple store temperature checks probed over EU privacy rules in GermanyAccording to EU law, your temperature is considered health data under GDPR...
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Apple has reopened stores in Germany.
It is conducting temperature checks of customers and employees, as it has done in several other countries.
It appears the practice is being probed by local regulators over concerns that this is a breach of EU privacy rules.
A report from Bloomberg Law suggests that Apple's practice of checking customer temperatures in its German Apple Stores is being probed over a possible breach of EU privacy rules.
According to the report:
Apple Inc. is facing a probe by a regional German data protection office into whether its plan to take the temperature of its store customers violates EU privacy rules, the regulator said.
The Hessian data protection agency's investigation comes after Apple reopened stores across Germany May 11 with extra safety procedures, including temperature checks and social distancing.
The office wants to know if the ...
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Apple store temperature checks probed over EU privacy rules in Germany
