Lidl spying fine totals EUR1.5m

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Discounter Lidl will pay fines of EUR1.5m (US$2.12m) after German data protection authorities investigated accusations 
that the retailer spied on its staff.

Covered shortly at
http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/asp/newsarticle.asp?newsid=42967

"Lidl agrees to hefty fine over spy scandal
Lidl has agreed to pay a seven-figure fine over having spied on its employees.
Reports in the German media said the discount chain will pay around E0.6m-0.7m in Lower Saxony alone, through having to 
pay 60 to 70 fines of E10,000 each. The company has denied that it was systematically spying on its employees."

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Background:
Germany probes Lidl store for Big Brother spying
http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2008-March/016715.html

Juha-Matti
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