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This Week In Digital Trust
#88 Bossware, solidarity and the fight for worker privacy
Nov 27, 2023
This week's podcast explores the lack of privacy protection for employees in Australia, the rise of surveillance tools in the workplace, the challenges of maintaining employee engagement in a hybrid work environment, and the importance of collective action in advocating for privacy rights.
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- The podcast discusses the exemption in the Privacy Act that allows employers to be exempt from privacy obligations for employee-related information, highlighting the ongoing efforts to revisit this exemption as part of privacy reform.
- The podcast emphasizes the importance of finding a balance between protecting employees' privacy and addressing legitimate concerns of employers, suggesting that trust-building, negotiation, and collective action can play a role in defining acceptable monitoring practices in the workplace.
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Workplace Privacy Exemption in Privacy Act
The podcast discusses the exemption in the Privacy Act that allows employers to be exempt from privacy obligations for employee-related information. While community expectations suggest that work-related information should be protected under the Privacy Act, there is currently an exemption for employers. However, there are ongoing efforts to revisit this exemption as part of privacy reform.
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