Worker was sacked for putting bag over camera

The Data Protection Commissioner has ruled it was a breach of an employee’s privacy to be monitored, on CCTV cameras, in places such as the staff canteen.

Commissioner Helen Dixon made several CCTV-related decisions in 2015, based on complaints brought to her office.

In one case, a supermarket worker was dismissed from her job after she placed a paper bag over the CCTV camera in the staff canteen.