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Conseil d\u2019\u00c9tat, 30 July 2025, No. 495234<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u201csalari\u00e9 prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u201d (an employee with statutory protection against dismissal), employed as a data manager, had temporarily set up an automatic redirection of all emails from his professional account to his personal addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The employer treated this as a breach of contractual duties and of the company\u2019s security rules for safeguarding personal and sensitive data. Disciplinary proceedings were initiated, and authorization to dismiss the protected employee was obtained from the labor inspectorate and later confirmed by the Minister of Labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The administrative tribunal, followed by the court of appeal, annulled that authorization. The appeal court found that the employer had failed to show any attempt by the employee to misappropriate sensitive data for third parties or illicit purposes, or that the conduct had caused actual harm to the company. The court further noted that the employee\u2019s stated aim was to \u201censure the integrity of his electronic communications\u201d in a context of \u201cserious internal tensions and distrust of certain union representatives,\u201d and highlighted his long service and clean disciplinary record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Conseil d\u2019\u00c9tat disagreed. It held that, even absent any intent to misappropriate data, the redirection \u201cwas liable to compromise personal data,\u201d a risk of which the employee, given his functions, was fully aware. The court emphasized that contractual amendments expressly recorded his acknowledgment of \u201cthe confidentiality of the personal data to which his position gave him access\u201d and his undertaking \u201cto take all necessary precautions (\u2026) in the exercise of his duties to protect the confidentiality of the information to which he had access.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Conseil d\u2019\u00c9tat, 30 July 2025, No. 495234 A \u201csalari\u00e9 prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u201d (an employee with statutory protection against dismissal), employed as a data manager, had temporarily set up an automatic redirection of all emails from his professional account to his personal addresses. 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