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Aug
It’s Important To Know Surveillance Legalities When Putting It To Use
This is a little bit of an ‘oldie’ (it’s from 2014) but it’s still a good point of reference that we use with a lot of potential clients when discussing covert surveillance operations, especially relating to concerns they have with their staff.
The first thing the client always raises is the belief that they are not allowed to arrange such surveillance because it will result in the employee taking legal action against them. It isn’t as clear cut as that and this blog post we’re highlighting this week does a great job of explaining why. Read more about It’s Important To Know Surveillance Legalities When Putting It To Use …
Recently we worked with a solicitor who required evidence of someone repeatedly flouting geographically restrictive bail conditions. The person in question was not allowed to enter a specific postal code area or go near a witness’ place of work.
Below is an interesting article regarding staff honesty, ‘time theft’ and the impact they can have on you as an employer and the organisation you run.
Pick something – An extremely valuable piece of jewellery that needs to go into a family security box? An important original piece of paperwork that needs signed by another party but if lost would be irreplaceable or badly shake the foundations of a pending business deal? An actual person that needs to get between two locations but you’re worried that they could be at risk of attack, kidnap or much worse. 
Surmount Investigations has been asked a few times whether we work with or would recommend the services of National Networked Investigations.
Whether it be through texts or emails you’ve seen that raise a red flag, being told something by someone you trust or experiencing a change in their behaviour that doesn’t quite make sense, believing a partner to be cheating on you can be incredibly upsetting and getting proof is often not easy.
A client approached us with screen-shots of their daughter’s movements and conversations on a smartphone / tablet app called “Movie Star Planet”. The conversations between their 12-year-old daughter and what she believed was an 11-year-old girl from a different school in the area were developing into content of a highly questionable and suspect nature.
We work with solicitors, insurers and HR professionals on a lot of our bigger and lengthier investigatory cases and, when we do, there’s really no way of getting away from the fact that long-form interviews are going to be a necessary part of the process.
We recently consulted with a prospective client who had serious concerns about a member of staff they recently employed and had been working at the potential client’s company for just over one month.