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Google fires four workers for violating data security policies

The fired employees participated in clear and repeated violations of our data security policies, according to an email from management obtained by Bloomberg News.

Our thorough investigation found the individuals were involved in systematic searches for other employees materials and work, the Monday email said.

This includes searching for, accessing, and distributing business information outside the scope of their jobs repeating this conduct even after they were met with and reminded about our data security policies.

The memoalso saidone fired employee obtained access to the calendars of other workers and received notifications on their schedules and whereabouts.

The firings come amid a time of increased tensions between management and staff, and one Google employee reportedly tweeted the workers were fired to avoid internal dissension, according to Bloomberg.

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