GDPR row | Security manager at BBC site unfairly sacked over CCTV use, tribunal finds

A security manager was unfairly dismissed after his employer accused him of improperly using CCTV to investigate alleged staff conduct, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Employment Judge Harfield found that Mitie Limited failed to carry out a reasonable investigation before dismissing Mr M Rakib, who had been working on the BBC’s Cardiff site.

Mr Rakib, employed by Mitie since 2013, was promoted to duty security manager in 2022. He was summarily dismissed in September 2023 following allegations of bullying and of a “serious breach of your data protection obligations … specifically … that you reviewed the CCTV footage in the control room while not possessing a suitable SIA License, which is a direct breach of GDPR”.

The bullying allegation was not upheld, but the CCTV issue was treated as gross misconduct.