Népszabadság daily reported recently that the local council had purchased cameras which, based on a document containing a job description for public workers, are to be used for keeping an eye on the labourers.

The local assembly decided to obtain the cameras and glasses with built-in cameras not only for the purpose of surveillance of public spaces but also to be used by the Start programme office which oversees fostered job projects, the paper said.

The public workers’ job descriptions contain a passage stating that “a sound, video and photographic recording can be taken at any time ... during working hours”.

This document must be signed by the public worker, who further agrees to the images being passed on, it reported.

Data protection ombudsman Attila Péterfalvi told the paper that anyone who makes recordings of public workers in Ózd are obviously handling data illegally. He added that his office would investigate the case.

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