Subjecting workers to webcam monitoring violates privacy, Dutch court rules

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The court cited the European Convention on Human Rights.

). It added that “instruction to leave the camera on is contrary to the employee’s right to respect for his private life” and that the dismissal was not legally valid., which grants citizens the “right to respect for private and family life.

” Chetu argued that requiring an employee to leave their webcam on would be no different from management being able to see them while they’re working in a traditional office. But the court noted that “strict conditions are attached to observing employees,” and that asking an employee to leave their camera on in this case was an unjustified intrusion.reports. This includes compensation of €50,000 , roughly €2,700 in unpaid salary, and over €8,000 for wrongful termination.

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