Although companies often have legitimate concerns that lead them to monitor employees' Internet usage "from expensive security breaches to reduced productivity" the benefits of electronic surveillance are outweighed by its costs to employees' privacy and autonomy. ... Legal scholar Jay Kesan points out that the law holds employers liable for employees' actions such as violations of copyright laws, the distribution of offensive or graphic sexual material, and illegal disclosure of confidential information (312). ... Employees' right to privacy and autonomy in the work...

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Naturally, employee monitoring has brought about a debate regarding privacy issues in the workplace. ... Although e-mail is growing at such a rapid pace in the workplace, the laws addressing employee privacy rights are not moving at the same pace. ... Since there are no clear consistent laws addressing employee privacy rights, employers are left to their own company policies. ... This action by the employer will guard it against the uncertainties of the future state of the law, while also putting the employee on notice that the e-mail communications are to be used for valid business purpos...

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Privacy Privacy is extremely enforced and mandatory for all current and former employees of Broadnax's Public Relations Firm. Privacy is strongly enforced to prevent lawsuits. ... However although practitioner/client/employer communications are considered confidential between the parties, such as communications are not privileged against disclosure in the court of law" (PRSA, Public Relations Society of America). If any letter, documents, paper pictures etc. are submitted to Broadnax's Public relations firm it becomes property of the firm and held in a confidential file f...

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To fully understand the topic of sports drug testing you must first look at the overall picture of just drug testing and how the United States and its laws view it. ... Second, test results are not made available to law enforcement officials, and, hence, cannot be grounds for criminal prosecution. ... In particular, the Constitution's protection of privacy is sufficient to throw the use of mandatory testing in doubt. The courts held that specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights protect privacy. For example the first amendment states that privacy is protected from governmental intrusion. ...

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A highly controversial subject amongst large corporations is the issue of privacy and the Internet. ... "Many organizations are unsure how to address privacy and technology concerns without interfering with the tremendous benefits of a tool such as e-mail - increased efficiency, teamwork and flexibility," says Michael R. ... The issue of privacy always arises when discussing Cybersurveillance "While employers believe that they have the right to access e-mail messages, employees tend to believe their communications are private," Jeffery A. Van Doren, a labor and employment law attorney comment...

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According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986, "the law prohibits unauthorized interception of various electronic communications including email" . ... Since employer's provide the email and internet services in order for employee's to do their job's, employer's are not held, in most cases, liable of violating said law. ... Even though the ECPA is suppose to protect the employee from prying eyes, the employee's reasonable expectation of privacy, especially in the workplace, is minmal at best. ... Employees believe that their privacy is being di...

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Maryland became the first to pass a law prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring passwords to social media sites, and other states have followed suit. ... The federal government is currently investigating whether practices like these violate federal discrimination and privacy laws. Whether these laws and regulations are put into play, the issue of social media's impact on our careers will only continue to increase. ... If this is unavoidable, there are extra precautions users can take to protect their privacy and reputation. If you have information or material you want to lea...

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It has become a trend for company's to do a background check before hiring a new employee. This way of acting is common in the USA but rarely used in France. However, some companies ask for a police record. I personally experienced this last summer when applying to work for a company specialized i...

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