<story><title>H&amp;M Hit with Record-Breaking GDPR Fine over Illegal Employee Surveillance</title><url>https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2020/10/02/hm-hit-with-record-breaking-gdpr-fine-over-illegal-employee-surveillance/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tgsovlerkhgsel</author><text>Previous discussion: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=24650634&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=24650634&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>H&amp;M Hit with Record-Breaking GDPR Fine over Illegal Employee Surveillance</title><url>https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2020/10/02/hm-hit-with-record-breaking-gdpr-fine-over-illegal-employee-surveillance/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mrkwse</author><text>Worth noting that while it&amp;#x27;s the largest fine from the German regulator, it&amp;#x27;s only the fourth highest across Europe. The UK&amp;#x27;s ICO have issued fines of ~€205m and ~€110m to British Airways and Marriott Intl. respectively, while France&amp;#x27;s CNIL have fined Google €50m. H&amp;amp;M were only fined ~€35m.</text></comment>