Is my boss spying on me?

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jbs wrote:Are you sure? Legally I would have thought if the company wants to monitor it's computers then they can.

yeah i believe so, though i am double checking with the privacy lawyer in the IT legal group. will let you know what he says.
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Lizkins wrote:
jbs wrote:Are you sure? Legally I would have thought if the company wants to monitor it's computers then they can.

yeah i believe so, though i am double checking with the privacy lawyer in the IT legal group. will let you know what he says.
after checking the relevant legislation in nsw (which is extremely similar to that for victoria), they can do it if you're notified. this notification could occur in your employment contract though.
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Lizkins wrote:
huge wrote:isnt it kind of illegal to spy on people anyway?
yes it is! i even checked this with the IT guys here and they said they have to ask permission every time, or they are in HEAPS of trouble.

anyhoo, you IT nerds just need to check the logs and then the person is busted anyways.
Not true at all. It may well be workplace policy to have to ask permission
but I'm not legally restricted in anyway to whom I monitor on the network.

In fact I reckon if you check over your company's electronic use policy
you will find that they own ANY data on their computer/network and that
extends to email.

Even if you are accessing sites that are not work related on your break at
your work PC (we have a spare one in a break room we allow users to
use for personal stuff during break etc. that is NOT monitored) or external
personal email it's all fair game.


Having painted that very bleak picture none of my co-workers have the
time or motive to monitor anyone. I have better things to do that watch
other people watch porn.

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system wrote:
Lizkins wrote:
jbs wrote:Are you sure? Legally I would have thought if the company wants to monitor it's computers then they can.

yeah i believe so, though i am double checking with the privacy lawyer in the IT legal group. will let you know what he says.
after checking the relevant legislation in nsw (which is extremely similar to that for victoria), they can do it if you're notified. this notification could occur in your employment contract though.

Nice one Sys, i thought permission was needed, even if via an employment contract. the user still needs to be made aware.

don't think its in mine, however what is stated is to not look at websites like this D'oh! oh well....

IT department here is a shambles at the mo
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