'Lex Nokia' company snoop law passes in Finland

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    Date: 
    6 March 2009

    A new law, that will allow increased monitoring of employees’ electronic communications by their employers, was passed by Finland’s parliament on Tuesday. Despite splits on the government side – most notably within the Green party – the Bill had a healthy majority: 96 in favour, 56 against, with 47 absent from the vote.