K.C. Vijayan reports: Jump Rope (Singapore), the non-profit group that promotes rope skipping in schools here, was issued a warning by the Personal Data Protection Commission for disclosing the identity of a blacklisted former employee to some 30 Singapore government schools. The Commission found the e-mail notice of naming and shaming was not justified as,…
Category: Workplace
South Bend police wiretap arguments heard by U.S. Court of Appeals
Erin Blasko and Christian Sheckler report: A panel of appeals court judges has given attorneys for the city, Common Council and four police officers 14 days to answer questions related to standing, jurisdiction and intent in the South Bend Police wiretap case. The instructions came at the end of oral arguments Wednesday before the U.S….
This employee ID badge monitors and listens to you at work — except in the bathroom
Thomas Heath reports: Do you hog office conversations? Or not talk enough? Does your voice squeal? Do you sit very still at your desk all day? Or do you fidget under stress? Where do you go in the office? How much time do you spend there? To whom do you talk? An employee badge can now…
Spying on an Employee in France Breaches His Right to Privacy, Even Where He is Committing Breaches of His Employment Contract
Claire Lintingre reports: The French Supreme Court recently ruled that an employer could not rely on the report of a private detective it had hired to spy on one of its employees to obtain an injunction against him because this was a breach of the employee’s privacy and that could not be justified, however legitimate…