Law on Personal Data Protection (LPDP), video surveillance

Zakon za zastita na licnite podatoci, arts. 89-93 (video surveillance, notice, retention and destruction)

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In force since 24 August 2021.

A comprehensive regime rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 19 September 2026.

What it requires

Publish a clear, visible notice that video surveillance is in place before operating it, naming the controller and explaining how to learn the place and storage period of the recordings, and notify employees of video surveillance on official or business premises.
Limit video surveillance to the area sufficient for the goal it was installed for, and never install it in changing rooms, dressing rooms, toilets or similar rooms.
Store video surveillance recordings for no longer than 30 days unless another law sets a longer period with its own safeguards, and remove, at your own expense, any camera installed contrary to this Law.
Obtain the written consent of at least 70% of the owners or tenants of a single-unit or multi-unit residential building before introducing video surveillance there, and never transmit its recordings over cable television, the internet or another electronic means, or record the entrances to other individual apartments.
Analyse the goal of a video surveillance system before installing it, and reassess it every two years, covering the continuing need for it, its goals, and feasible technical alternatives.

What it reaches

Obligation class

Consent, Retention

What this law does

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Articles 89 to 93 hold North Macedonia's dedicated video surveillance regime, in force since Chapter VII is not among the chapters Article 122 suspends. A controller performing video surveillance must publish a clear, visible notice that it is in place, naming the controller and explaining how to learn the place and storage period of the recordings, and must notify employees of video surveillance on official or business premises.

Video surveillance may reach only the area sufficient for the goal it was installed for, and is prohibited outright in changing rooms, dressing rooms, toilets and similar rooms. Recordings may be stored for no longer than 30 days unless another law sets a longer period with its own safeguards, and the owner of a camera installed contrary to the Law must remove it at their own expense.

Introducing video surveillance in a single-unit or multi-unit residential building needs the written consent of at least 70% of the owners or tenants, its recordings may never be transmitted over cable television or the internet, and entrances to other individual apartments may never be recorded.

The controller must analyse the goal of a video surveillance system before installing it and reassess it every two years, covering the continuing need for it, its goals, and feasible technical alternatives.

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Read the law

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