European Employment Law Cases, Issue 4 2022
ECtHR 13 December 2022, app. No. 26968/16 (Florindo de Almeida Vasconcelos Gramaxo – v – Portugal), Privacy
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Summary
Dismissal based on GPS tracking of company vehicle by a device installed by the applicant’s employer with his full knowledge: no violation of the ECHR. No English translation of the judgment is available, but a the ECtHR’s summary is available here: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf/?library=ECHR&id=003-7520329-10322810&filename=Judgment%20Florindo%20de%20Almeida%20Vasconcelos%20Gramaxo%20v.%20Portugal%20-%20use%20of%20GPS%20data%20on%20a%20medical%20representative%E2%80%99s%20company%20vehicle%20as%20grounds%20for%20dismissal.pdf.