Well, this isn't data protection, but ... if
1. The university is a public authority
2. It conducted surveillance on its employees
3. That surveillance was either not in accordance with law, or was
either disproportionate or not necessary in a democratic society
THEN I'm not surprised. Open and shut case, it seems to me.
Roland Perry wrote:
> <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070409-european-court-of-human-
> rights-personal-calls-and-internet-usage-from-work-is-maybe-
> protected.html>
>
> "A Welsh university employee has successfully sued the UK
> government in the European Court of Human Rights over
> surveillance that was conducted while the woman was an employee
> at Carmarthenshire College."
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