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French man who kept porn on work computer loses privacy appeal

Posted on February 23, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Kevin Rawlinson reports:

A man who kept a stash of pornography on his work computer has failed to convince judges his right to a private life was infringed when his employer opened the personal files containing the material without his knowledge.

Eric Libert was fired by the French national rail operator SNCF in 2008 after his boss discovered the pornographic files and a series of forged certificates. He asked the European court of human rights to rule on his case after he was unsuccessful in the French courts.

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