Earlier this year, the Deutsche Bahn recognized that it controlled and compared, several times since 1998, personal information on almost all its employees and suppliers without them knowing about it. The operation, carried out for prevention and in secret, was aimed at revealing possible cases of bribery. In charge of shedding light on the whole case, investigators then revealed that the company’s management also ordered surveillance of emails employees sent unions and journalists for several years. In March, this scandal drove Hartmut Medhorn, CEO of the DB, to quit (see our dispatch No. 090346). According to investigators, the German railway broke laws on joint management and the protection of personal data. A DB spokesman said that the company was currently looking at the sanction given by the Berlin authority. Several large businesses in Germany were already sentenced in the past to pay heavy fines for spying on their employees, including discounter Lidl (see our dispatch No. 080666).
). According to investigators, the German railway broke laws on joint management and the protection of personal data. A DB spokesman said that the company was currently looking at the sanction given by the Berlin authority. Several large businesses in Germany were already sentenced in the past to pay heavy fines for spying on their employees, including discounter Lidl (see our dispatch No. 080666).
Planet Labor, October 23, 2009, No. 090967 – www.planetlabor.com
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