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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Zi Wang

Can employers force you to keep your camera on? Dutch court rules no

Zoom is largely used as a video-call tool, but companies are stepping up their monitoring efforts since the pandemic

(Picture: Nick Morrison on Unsplash)

Nosy employers will be on high alert after a Dutch court ruled that it could be a human-rights violation to require employees to always keep their cameras on while working remotely.

The ruling comes after a disgruntled Dutch worker took his US employer to court for being fired for allegedly refusing to keep his webcam on for nine hours per day.

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