Vodafone is alleged to have spied on its own directors during the boardroom dispute over the strategy being pursued by Arun Sarin in 2006 which lead to the departure of chairman Lord MacLaurin and the resignation of former chief executive Sir Chris Gent from his role as life president.
The UK’s Mail on Sunday newspaper is claiming that both Lord MacLaurin and Sir Chris Gent were spied on by two years ago - and while the operation stopped short of evesdropping on phone calls, but did include logging who calls were made to as well and who they sent text messages to. Vodafone confirmed that it had investigated the board but added: “Vodafone is completely confident it never deliberately or knowingly conducted any investigation in contravention of the UK Data Protection Act or other laws.”
The Mail on Sunday newspaper says that the Vodafone spying case appears to fall into a legal grey area, but the behaviour was described by one source familiar with the situation as “outrageous treatment of two of the great figures in recent corporate history”. The paper did not clarify who ordered the monitoring of the directors phone calls - or if Arun Sarin was aware of the investigation.
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