21 Sept 2017

ECtHR: Monitoring of employee's emails breached right to privacy

A case confirmed that an employer’s monitoring of an employee’s work emails violates Article 8 ECHR. This briefing looks at the implications for UK employers.

An employer’s monitoring of an employee’s work emails amounted to a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This is according to a recent judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. This briefing is a summary of the case and the implications for UK employers from a data protection perspective.


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