Germany To Grant Privacy At the Workplace

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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Re:Their equipment, their choice.

[Totenglocke]

You don't like that law ? You have several options.

Yes, you do. However, you are aware that it's been openly acknowledge that speed limits are kept below their efficient level due to local governments wanting ticket revenue and the federal government threatening to take away highway funding, right?

Anyways - I prefer the option of driving at the speed that SHOULD be the speed limit (so significantly faster than what's posted, but well within the safe speed range) and if I get pulled over, I accept that I broke the law and don't complain. I don't know about where you live, but the norm where I am is that the majority of people do around 15-20 mph over the speed limit and, as long as you slow down to acknowledge there's a cop there, the police don't care as long as you're driving safely and not swerving all over.

As for this law? Europe is full of laws like this that get passed due to the unions where the law exists to protect lazy workers from being fired. I'm surprised it took them this long to get a law like this on file.