Apple is facing a new challenge in the form of a lawsuit by its employees claiming the company is spying on them via their personal accounts.

Apple has a long history of being extremely secretive and successful in its attempts to prevent leaks about upcoming products and services. Based on an employee lawsuit, it seems some within the company believe it is going too far, infringing on the “fundemental human right” to privacy that Apple champions.

In a report by Semafor, the lawsuit says that employees must give up their own right to privacy in exchange for working at the company.

“For Apple employees, the Apple ecosystem is not a walled garden. It is a prison yard. A panopticon where employees, both on and off duty, are subject to Apple’s all-seeing eye,” the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit goes on to say that employees are encouraged to mix their home and work life and digital accounts, giving the company the ability to track what they do even when using their personal iCloud accounts and devices.

“For Apple employees, the Apple ecosystem is not a walled garden. It is a prison yard. A panopticon where employees, both on and off duty, are subject to Apple’s all-seeing eye,” the lawsuit says.

Semafor goes on to say that Apple actively discourages employees from using a work-only iCloud account, which would be the easiest way to bypass the company’s surveillance.

Apple critics have long argued that the company’s stance on privacy is more marketing than reality, with the company working hard to cash in on consumers’ growing unease with data-mining services and companies. If Apple loses this lawsuit, it will go a long way toward validating those claims, and paint the company as one that champions privacy while actively undermining it with its own employees.