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Monitoring, interception and Big Boss in the workplace: is the devil in the details?

2017; North-West University; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.17159/1727-3781/2009/v12i1a2718

1727-3781

Tania Pistorius,

Ombudsman and Human Rights

This article discusses the opposing dynamics in the modern workplace environment, specifically employees’ expectations of e-privacy and employers’ interception and monitoring of electronic communications. In terms of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act 70 of 2002 employees must take prior notice of or consent to the interception and monitoring of their e-communications. The article focuses on the extent to which click-wrap agreements and hypertext or XML links to e-workplace policies could meet these requirements.