Law relating to taking finger prints in poland

Hi. I was talking to a colleague over the weekend. He was telling me that new security procedures are being introduced in order to gain access to the swimming pool/gym in his apartment complex. Apparently, he has to go to the guys on the security to give his finger prints and that this will then be used for future access to the swimming pool area. Up until now, a card was used. However, this is being abused as families and friends of residents are also using the facilities.

I find it very strange that he has to give his finger prints without any knowledge where this data will be kept. Also, he has to give it to the guys on the security. And no disrespect to them, they are not exactly MI5.

Does anyone know from a privacy/data protection what are the laws/rules around someone taking your finger prints?
I appreciate that they may want to limit access to residents only but it seems a bit drastic.

Now all people need is his finger.
I would prefer to hand a thief a card than have him sever my finger.

Somehow i dont think anyone will want to get into the swimming pool that much.

Oh you'd be surprised :)

It does seem to be a bit too much.

why not just a simple photo I.D.?.

The rules are not about the taking of personal biometric data for a purpose that you give your consent for per se. Most data protection legislation around the world focusses upon the security of your data once you have provided it and to protect you from unauthorised sharing of that data with third parties that you have not been told about. When somebody takes your data they have to present you with a Fair Processing Notice (that's the UK terminology) that sets out what the recipient can do with it.

Of course, 'national security' usuallly renders that invalid.

I would be very impressed with them forcing you to give your fingerprints.

It all seems very excessive...i was thinking about photo id as well. Going to keep an eye on it to see what happens.

If tenants are stupid enough to agree to this idiocy, they should also be chipped for good measure.