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A court in the Netherlands ruled that it was illegal to require an employee to keep his camera on and use special software that would film the employee during the workday.

A court in the Netherlands ruled that it was illegal to require an employee to keep his camera on and use special software that would film the employee during the workday.
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The trial began after software company Chetu fired its employee for refusing to keep the webcam on during the entire eight-hour workday.

At issue was the refusal to use the now classic activity tracker, which is actively used by outsourcing companies to monitor remote employees.