The Federal Labour Court has ruled that a company violated workers’ rights when it installed spy software on its computers, The Local reports. The company had informed employees that they would begin saving internet traffic on company computers and then installed keylogger software and routinely took screenshots. A case was filed against the company when an employee was fired based on evidence gathered during this surveillance. The German court ruled that such evidence was illegally obtained and that keylogger software was an unlawful way to control employees. The court included that, since the termination was based on illegal evidence, the employee’s termination should be void. 
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