Privacy

Privacy

• Privacy is a state in which one is not

observed or disturbed by other people.
• It is the right to be free from secret
surveillance and to determine whether,
when, how, and to whom, one's personal or
organizational information is to be revealed.
Privacy issues in workplaces
Use of Video Surveillance
• Some employers use video cameras to monitor
employees.
• They must have a genuine business reason for
monitoring employees.
• In many instances privacy laws may determine
the extent at which video monitoring is
considered sincere and therefore lawful.
• Most of these laws limiting video camera
use in the workplace pertain to restrooms,
break rooms, and other areas for which
there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Monitoring Employees’ Emails

• Legality aside, the truth is that many

employers now routinely monitor email
their employees send and receive. For
example:
some email systems automatically copy all
messages that pass through them
some create backup copies of new
messages as they arrive, and
some employers that use "keylogger"
software might even have copies of drafts of
emails that you never sent.
• The monitoring of e-mails is more likely to
be allowed if the employee is using
company equipment and has consented in
writing to the employer’s monitoring of all
computer use.
• For example, many companies will have
employees sign a written acknowledgement
of a company policy that company-issued
equipment is for business use only and that
all activities will be monitored by the
company.
Staying Out of Trouble
• To avoid problems with workplace email,
treat your email system at work as you should
your business phone.
• Strictly limit your communications to work-
related activities and don’t access your
personal email account on company
equipment.
• Don't send any messages that others might
interpret as opinionated or unkind; even if
your intent was humorous or light-hearted,
it won't look that way to others.
• The golden rule of manners applies to email
as well:
Do not send any message that you would
be uncomfortable having your co-worker or
your employer-read.
Internet Privacy Risks
Activity

Explain each of the following Internet privacy

risks, and state ways of minimizing the said
risks.
• Phishing
• Pharming
• Spyware
• Malware