Data protection officer of Berlin checks planned security measures in swimming pools: obligation to identify and video surveillance on the test bench

Data protection officer of Berlin checks planned security measures in swimming pools: obligation to identify and video surveillance on the test bench

The data protection officer of the State of Berlin, Meike Kamp, wants to check the planned measures for security in the swimming pools under data protection law. Specifically, it is about the obligation to identify all baths and video surveillance at the entrances of Columbia and Prinzenbad. Kamp will check whether these measures are legally permissible and proportionate and also observe the basic right of the bathers on their informational self -determination.

In the context of the examination, milder measures should also be considered, such as the use of more security personnel, de -escalation teams or the limitation of the number of bathers.

Already last Saturday there was an admission stop in some swimming pools, whereby the decision depends on the layer line and is made due to the weather, time of day and number of people present. The closure took place at the following times: 1:15 p.m. in Wuhlheide, 2:00 p.m. at Insulaner, 2:15 p.m. in Humboldthain, 2:30 p.m. in Mariendorf (Rixdorfer Straße), 3:15 p.m. in Gropiusstadt, 3:20 p.m. in Seestraße and 3:45 p.m. in Pankow.

However, the duty of ID issued by the ruling Kai Wegner and Senator Iris Spranger is not yet implemented everywhere. According to the State Secretary Christian Hochgrebe, it takes a few working days to implement the corresponding regulations.

The announcement of strict inlet controls in the Berlin bathrooms, which are not adhered to, encounters criticism by the FDP general secretary Lars F. Lindemann. He criticizes that nothing will change on the Situation on site if the announced regulations are not complied with.