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The Miskolc mayor’s office approached the data protection authority and prepared a report after a tour revealed that the room used for general meetings and other events had cameras and microphones that were not part of the mediation system, Népszava learned.
The newspaper knows that they are awaiting the decision of the data protection authority with the report. An internal investigation of the case found that Akos Kriza at the request of a former mayor of Fidesz, Zoltán Alakszai In August 2016, with the permission of the then chief of staff, then secretary and now the first man from the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county government office, a robotic camera, two space microphones and the associated control unit were installed in the meeting room. With the devices it was possible to listen to all the conversations that took place in the room, that is, the private conversations of both the Members and those invited to the meeting. It turned out that the system was independent of the team that otherwise records and mediates general board meetings.
The control unit did not store the recordings, they could be saved to an unknown external storage location As the functioning of the robot camera and space microphones is a concern, the current city administration has instructed them to dismantle them, although this also comes at an additional cost.
György barta With us, the city representative refuted the position of the local Fidesz spokesperson on the news portal boon.hu on the issue of Népszava, according to which all members were aware of the existence of the cameras, as no one was informed during installing this recording system works differently and sends it elsewhere. the recordings. Also, the recorded material is not found yet, and they don’t even know who or what organization is running it now. When Fidesz parliamentarians were asked what they knew about the fate of the recordings, they said nothing.
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