Ms Helen Dixon:

In any case like that, which clearly constitutes a very significant interference with privacy rights, the structure for signing off on such a request is important. It is much more important to first look at what the legal basis for conducting such monitoring would be. How is it legitimised under data protection law? Is it absolutely necessary? Is there a means of obtaining the same results without interfering with privacy rights in that drastic way, etc.? We would have to look at any specific case and examine whether the full analysis has been conducted in order to legitimise it under data protection law.