BBC Accused of ‘Spying’ After Nearly 150 Staff Emails Accessed or Monitored

By: John Plunkett | The Guardian

The BBC has been accused of “spying” on its own staff after it was revealed that nearly 150 staff email accounts were accessed or monitored over the past two years.

In response to a Freedom of Information request from the Press Gazette, the BBC said 37 staff email accounts had been monitored because of leak investigations in 2013 and 2014. Other staff accounts had been looked into as a result of a variety of complaints and inquiries, including allegations of fraud, assault, harassment and disciplinary cases.