Written by privacylawbarristerMay 31, 2018November 1, 2022

Employee Privacy, Surveillance and the European Court of Human Rights

Employee Computer Files The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that an employer may ‘freely consult’ an employee’s computer file that is not private, so long as the company’s IT charter makes a provision to do so. In Libert v France (Application No 588/13), an employee of SNCF (France’s national railway company) was […]

Written by privacylawbarristerOctober 2, 2017November 1, 2022

MONITORING EMPLOYEES AND ARTICLE 8 OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

There has been an important judgment in the area of employee privacy and monitoring at work. At the end of the summer, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered the judgment of the Fourth Section in Barbulescu v Romania (application 61496/08). Mr Bogdan Mihai Barbulescu had been asked by his […]

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Employee Privacy, Surveillance and the European Court of Human Rights

MONITORING EMPLOYEES AND ARTICLE 8 OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS