The government says employers must strike a balance between privacy and surveillance, but there is little doubt that unscrupulous employers could abuse the rules.

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With growing unease surrounding the culture of mass personal data gathering, privacy watchdogs are worried the databases could become easy targets for government surveillance, identity theft and online scams, as well as marketing.

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The group is confident the case will succeed, highlighting a recent ruling by the ECHR in early July, which found that previous surveillance practices by the UK government had violated the privacy rights of UK and foreign citizens.

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