{"id":148174,"date":"2020-10-02T12:54:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T10:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=148174"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:54:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T10:54:19","slug":"germany-fines-hm-for-illegally-spying-on-its-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/germany-fines-hm-for-illegally-spying-on-its-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany fines H&#038;M for illegally spying on its employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Swedish company will have to pay a fine of 35 million euros for violating the data protection law with its own employees, according to the German authorities. The illegal surveillance took place in a center in Nuremberg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-148171\" src=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/highxtar-hm-multa-por-espionaje-ilegal-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1201\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/highxtar-hm-multa-por-espionaje-ilegal-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/highxtar-hm-multa-por-espionaje-ilegal-1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/highxtar-hm-multa-por-espionaje-ilegal-1-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/highxtar-hm-multa-por-espionaje-ilegal-1-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/highxtar-hm-multa-por-espionaje-ilegal-1-973x600.jpg 973w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/highxtar-hm-multa-por-espionaje-ilegal-1-508x313.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/hm-creates-a-line-without-a-label-do-you-put-your-own\/?lang=en\"><strong>H&amp;M<\/strong><\/a> allegedly carried out the illegal practice at least since <strong>2014<\/strong>, where it <strong>acquired &#8220;extensive recordings of the circumstances of employees&#8217; private lives&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Some supervisors had extensive knowledge of their employees&#8217; private lives through personal conversations and the area where the employees went to drink water. 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