Re: Is Nokia Demanding The Right To Spy On Its Employees?

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

> From YLE News:

"Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen says he is unaware of any ultimatum issued by mobile phone giant Nokia to leave Finland
if legislation allowing employers to monitor staff e-mails is not enacted.

The newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported on Sunday that Nokia had threatened to leave Finland if new legislation
allowing firms to closely monitor employees’ e-mails was not enacted."
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http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/02/ministers_and_nokia_refute_ultimatum_claim__517722.html

Juha-Matti

Paul Ferguson [fergdawgster () gmail com] kirjoitti: 
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> Via Techdirt.com.
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> [snip]
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> There's quite a story making the rounds, suggesting that Nokia is putting
> significant pressure on the Finnish government, demanding that it pass a
> law allowing it to spy on its employees, or the company will leave Finland.
> Nokia is quickly denying the claim, which does seem pretty extreme.
> However, that doesn't mean that Nokia hasn't put political pressure on the
> government to pass this law.
>
> Apparently, the company has been caught multiple times illegally spying on
> employees, and has worked hard to get this law passed, which would legalize
> its actions. Despite legal experts all insisting that the law is
> unconstitutional, apparently the Finnish Parliament's Constitutional Law
> Committee has decided to move forward with it anyway -- which is what
> resulted in the speculation about the threat to leave Finland.
>
> [snip]
>
> Link:
> http://techdirt.com/articles/20090202/0214363603.shtml
>
> - - ferg
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