College fined for listening in to employee's calls

Lynette Copland, a secretary at Carmarthenshire College, was awarded 3,000 euros plus costs of double that by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Copland v. UK after succeeding in a challenge against her employer and the UK Government (the College being a statutory body, publicly funded and administered by the state).

A senior member of staff at the college secretly monitored Ms Copland's telephone calls, email correspondence and internet usage, allegedly for 18 months, withou... (393 more words)

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