The Spanish Constitutional Court backs the possibility of accessing private on-line conversations of employees

Gonzalo Gallego and Cesar Ortiz write:

The Spanish Constitutional Court has ruled against two company employees who claimed an infringement of their privacy right and their right to secrecy of communications, in a recent judgement from 17 December 2012, published in the States’ Official Gazette on 22 January 2013. The Constitutional Courts’ Decision 241/2012 (the “Decision“), is available (in Spanish) here: Decision.

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