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IKEA fined €1m for spying on French employees
By EUobserver
A French court ordered Ikea to pay a fine of €1m after the retailer was found guilty of spying on its staff and storing employee data, Reuters reports. Prosecutors said the French subsidiary hired a security company and private detectives to illegally obtain information on its employees and prospective staff as part of a "spying system" that operated from 2009 to 2012.