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A bit off the information privacy agenda, but interesting nontheless. LIDL, the Germany-based discounter chain, uses illegal employee profiling practices. According to Spiegel Online (http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,543431,00.html, 26-Mar-2008), LIDL staff uses in-store surveillance cameras to spy on employees. Dossiers that got into the hand of the press contained minutes of breakroom converations, notes about private planes of employees for their evenings, and many details about their work day, even taking down the frequency and duration of bathroom visits.
The article is headed "STASI-METHODEN BEIM DISCOUNTER:
Lidl ließ Mitarbeiter systematisch bespitzeln".

Germany's data protection officer, Peter Schaar, commented that such practice clearly is illegal and should be investigated.

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privacy , workplace , video surveillance , profiling , employee privacy , LIDL , dossiers , stasi