Pretexting a test, Vodafone Hungary supervised its employees illegally

The employees sued their employer for the attack on their private life. The court's judgement on this case is expected today. (Réf. 06648)
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Four employees of Vodafone Hungary, the third mobile phone operator in the country, sued the company for attacking their private life. According to employees, the British company supervised them without them knowing it. Moreover, during weekends, their personal telephone, made available for them by their company, was also under listening. According to the operator Vodafone Hungary, this was only a test of a new service of telemonitoring proposed to transport companies. A list of data presente

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