A new data protection law in Germany will make it harder for companies to implement anti-fraud and corruption controls that involve monitoring employees, according to law firm Clifford Chance.
The amendment to the existing Federal Data Protection Act (known in German as the BDSG) follows a series of scandals in which high-profile German companies were accused of spying on their staff. But a Clifford Chance legal bulletin says the change will complicate companies’ efforts to implement legitimate compliance controls and to investigate questionable employee activity.
