Nokia Denies Threatening To Leave Finland

Nokia Denies Threatening To Leave Finland

Mobile phone giant Nokia has publicly denied claims that it could transfer its headquarters out of Finland if the country's laws on electronic surveillance are not changed. 


Finnish daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported that the company had threatened to take its business elsewhere unless laws which ban firms from monitoring employees' private emails are relaxed.

The company's actions, according to Finland's current laws, were illegal, but Nokia managed to evade criminal charges for breaching employee privacy owing to a lack of evidence.