** Reply to note from [log in to unmask] Wed, 2 Feb 2000 10:27:15 +0000
> It has been suggested that, the technology may be used for checking
> against employees timesheets - start and finish times. The assumption
> here to verify exactly where and when the vehicle had been used by the
> individual. Is this legal under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Either in today's Times or yesterday's Guardian I read that some council not
only used it for timesheets but also successfully sacked two employees ...
and it was some covert operation for one month.
Presumably it held up in court.
Charles
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