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Germany To Grant Privacy At the Workplace

Posted by samzenpus on from the snooping-on-your-lunch-break dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The German government is proposing a bill declaring that employees have an expectation of privacy at the workplace (translated article). Among other provisions, the bill would ban employers from surveilling their employees by cameras or logging and reading their emails. Also, potential employers would not be allowed to view an applicant's profile at Facebook or any other social network that hasn't actually been made for this purpose."

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  1. Re:Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yea this is amazing, and from Germany no less!! Wow!

    I don't get wtf everyone is so butthurt about, this is a good thing. Jealous maybe? This comment is certainly NOT offtopic...

  2. MOD PARENT UP by anwaya · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good thing for German workers.

    There's no reason for that comment to be moderated off-topic to -1.

    1. Re:MOD PARENT UP by maxwell+demon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It's a first post by an Anonymous Coward. Isn't that reason enough? :-)

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