A Dundee-based financial firm has been censured by the Information
Commissioner over the use of a mobile app which allowed it to access an
“excessive amount” of employees’ sensitive personal data...
Alex Forootan, 36, began investigating after receiving an unexpected
text message from Microsoft saying someone had attempted to access his
email account.
Mr Forootan worked as a database administrator at
ATS’s Dundee headquarters between October 2017 and October last year and
is set to take the company to an employment tribunal next month.
He recently rejected a £10,000 pay out from ATS over the
issue, citing concerns about his ability to raise it to public attention
should he accept. more