The Swiss Federal Court has ruled that the consume of police video surveillance to gather evidence of a crime in a work space must be approved by the public prosecutor’s office and a compulsory measures court. The ruling was based on a case in canton Solothurn where cash was repeatedly going lost from a company’s safe. Management told the cantonal police,who, with the management’s permission, and set up a video camera in the office and kitchen area. This was used only by staff,was separate from the customer area and was where the safe was located, according to a court statement published on Thursday. Based on this video evidence, or the public prosecutor started proceedings against a female member of staff. After a court of first instance acquitted her,the cantonal court found her guilty of multiple theft and fined her CHF500 ($503). She appealed, and the Federal Court has now upheld her appeal, and saying the video recordings violated the woman’s basic rights,were inadmissible as ...
Source: swissinfo.ch