Germany probes Lidl store for Big Brother spying

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

"The probe follows a report that the popular supermarket had compiled a report stretching to several hundred pages 
which recorded everything from employees' toilet breaks to their suspected love-affairs.

German authorities are investigating allegations that international discount chain store Lidl employed detectives and 
used cameras to spy on thousands of workers in stores across Germany.

The probe follows a report in the prominent German magazine Stern that the popular supermarket had compiled a report 
stretching to several hundred pages which recorded everything from employees' toilet breaks to their suspected 
love-affairs."
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More at
http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_92032/Business/INTERNATIONAL-CHAIN-STORE-Germany-probes-Lidl-store-for/

Some examples of the spy reports covered at
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,543485,00.html

Juha-Matti
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