A fine of 1,000,000 euros was imposed today on IKEA by a French court for spying on its employees.
The world’s largest furniture retailer she was found guilty of storing data of her employees, which she obtained illegally.
The French branch of the Swedish company was accused of spying on its employees for several years and violating their privacy by examining their bank account files and sometimes using alleged employees to write reports for staff.
Prosecutors have demanded a € 2 million fine for the company, which belongs to the Ingka group.
IKEA did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment, as reported by the Athens News Agency.
The former executive director of IKEA at France Jean-Louis Bayou was also found guilty in the case and sentenced to two years suspended imprisonment. His judges also fined him 50,000 euros for storing personal data.
The charges focused on the period 2009-2012, although prosecutors said the tactics espionage had already begun in the early 2000s.
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