Employee monitoring proving hot target for GDPR enforcement
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Neil Hodge2021-08-11T18:23:00
Recent fines in Italy against two food delivery companies for violating the privacy of their drivers should act as a warning that employee surveillance can prove to be a major breach of the General Data Protection Regulation.
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