alt Hacker News> How much do the lawyers deserve to know?
Nothing IMO. They can look at the company's actions. There's no need to invade the privacy of individual employees.
If they were trying to confiscate my personal mobile that I use for work I will never go along with that.
Luckily I live in Europe where the atmosphere is far less litigious.
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> If they were trying to confiscate my personal mobile that I use for work
That is a good reason never to use your personal mobile for work! If you really need a phone to do your job, your employer should be paying for it anyway.
> They can look at the company's actions
This would work if we could punish wrongdoing regardless of intent, a standard probably reasonable against companies (they should know better after all). But this is not how it usually goes: Usually incompetence has to be ruled out and criminal intent has to be proven.
The only thing that can be brought into court is what you did at work. What privacy interest is there in that?
> Luckily I live in Europe where the atmosphere is far less litigious.
Not if your name is Google Inc.
> Nothing IMO. They can look at the company's actions. There's no need to invade the privacy of individual employees.
This refers to employees communicating in a work setting not personal communications. Not saying there should be cameras in the bathroom but if you’re talking to coworkers on an @google email about work… it feels hard to justify saying it’s private.