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An Ikea employee enters the courtroom of the Versailles' courthouse, outside Paris, Monday, March 22, 2021
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IKEA’S French operation was in court today as former executives, store managers and police officers face trial for an illegal spying operation that collected private information on staff and customers.
Prosecutors acting on complaints from the Force Ouvriere trade union say Ikea set up a “spying system” across France, gathering information on current and prospective employees.
Former director of risk management Jean-Francois Paris has acknowledged spending €530-630,000 annually (£450-540,000) on private eyes to investigate staff between 2009 and 2012, when the scandal broke.
JOHN GREEN has doubts about the efficacy of the Freedom of Information Act, once trumpeted by Tony Blair
The desperate French president keeps running up the same political cul-de-sac. DENNIS BROE offers an explanation
