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Court rules webcam monitoring of remote employee was an invasion of privacy

Art Post · 10/17/229:40 PM

A Dutch court has ruled that the decision to fire a remote employee because he refused to keep his webcam on during working hours was unjustified. The employee worked remotely for a Florida-based software development company with a Dutch office. The court ruled that the request to keep the webcam on during all working hours did not constitute a reasonable request. The European court for human rights ruled in 2017 that video surveillance of an employee in the workplace, be it covert or not,...

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