In 2016, RÚV reported on a case of human trafficking:

• Icewear bought the services of another company who used forced labor of two immigrant women in his house.
• The manager says that they did not know about this and that Icewear is also a victim in that case 🇮🇸, even though the human trafficker had also other workers in its workplace.

In 2019, Heimildin published the story of an employee fired because he pointed out that cameras were used for spying on the workers 🇮🇸:

• The boss sent several emails to the store manager with his complaints about what he saw watching over the employees through the camera system.
• When the store manager contacted the union representative about his concerns, he was fired on the spot by the boss.
• The use of the cameras is not in accordance with the rules of the Data Protection Authority of Iceland, as it is not a security or protection matter.

Sources published from Februar 2016 to March 2019:

• Verslunarstjóri benti á myndavélanjósnir Icewear og missti vinnuna – Heimildin
• Segir Icewear fórnarlamb í mansalsmáli – RÚV.is

Icewear / Drífa ehf. (kt: 480173-0159), real owner: Ágúst Þór Eiríksson (company registry)