Employers cannot use spy software to collect information about the computer activities of employees, Switzerland’s supreme court has ruled.
The ruling, released on Thursday, struck down a decision, earlier approved by the Ticino cantonal government, on the firing of a civil servant found to be spending too much time pursuing unprofessional activities on the internet.
The municipality of Bellinzona used “spyware” to monitor the computer use of a manager working for the local civil protection service for a period of more than three months.
The software revealed that the the employee spent more than 20 percent of his time on computer activities unrelated to his job, such as private banking, social media and watching videos, some of which were of a pornographic nature, the ATS news agency reported. Full story...
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The ruling, released on Thursday, struck down a decision, earlier approved by the Ticino cantonal government, on the firing of a civil servant found to be spending too much time pursuing unprofessional activities on the internet.
The municipality of Bellinzona used “spyware” to monitor the computer use of a manager working for the local civil protection service for a period of more than three months.
The software revealed that the the employee spent more than 20 percent of his time on computer activities unrelated to his job, such as private banking, social media and watching videos, some of which were of a pornographic nature, the ATS news agency reported. Full story...
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