Please take note that this is form Germany. Computer monitoring and video surveillance at the workplace are outright verboten. This can be only a temporary mea

Please take note that this is form Germany. Computer monitoring and video surveillance at the workplace are outright verboten. This can be only a temporary measure in case of justified suspicion. That's nothing new and most companies of course comply. That's also why the fine is so high: That company behaved exceptionally bad. This regulation is also less about the right to privacy (in the end it's about working environments) but about general personal rights. Constant monitoring at the workplace is just not compatible with the notion of human dignity. (Also it's stressful for the employees, makes them ill and wears them out, which is bad for productivity. Maybe this part is the real reason? ;-))