There is also something called "dignity at work" to which the staff could
perhaps turn. I am not an expert in this, but have a brother-in-law who is a
Shop Steward; this could constitute unreasonable behaviour leading to a
breach in the staffs right to a fair level of dignity. Not to mention
possible bullying and harassment allegations.
Simon Howarth.
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Subject: [data-protection] CCTV in Hotel
Like George I initially thought of RIPA and HRA, but on checking RIPA
carefully it doesn't seem to me to apply. There's no interception or
recording (unless you accept the cache argument), and the surveillance isn't
covert.
Unless the hotel is a public authority (unlikely), HRA only applies if there
is another law which can be interpreted as conferring some right to privacy
- it can't be applied directly.
What the manager is doing is obviously wrong, but if DPA, RIPA and HRA don't
cover it, you'd have to look elsewhere. Possibly it would be a breach of
mutual trust, which as I understand it is an implied term of every
employment contract, but I rather think this is one for the employment
lawyers.
Paul Ticher
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> > > If he is not recording the data then I can't see what he is doing
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> > OTOH (and a bit off-topic for this list perhaps) he's quite possibly
> > tripping over some part of the RIPA, not to mention the HRA.
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