Timeline for How to deal with coworkers not respecting privacy
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| Sep 21 at 12:55 | comment | added | gnasher729 | The company may have a right to know what is on your screen. Doesn’t mean your nosy co-worker has that right. He or she is not “the company”. | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 23:48 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | @jmac: I think we're talking about a middle ground here, where there's no formal "expectation of privacy", but it would still be rude for someone to read over your shoulder. You can't prosecute or discipline people who do it, but you can call them on their rudeness. | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 23:44 | comment | added | jmac | @Keith There is a difference between common courtesy and an expectation of privacy. While I may not have an expectation of privacy on a train while sending SMS to a friend, that doesn't mean it is polite for someone to snoop. The onus is on me to decide if I am willing to do it anyway knowing that someone is quite able to look and there is nothing I can do about it. You are not in the wrong for glancing at someone's screen when you enter their office (and I'll bet you do it as well from time to time), but it is rude to make a habit of trying to snoop in most cultures. | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 23:42 | comment | added | jmac | I don't like people standing over me on the train to read what I write on my cellphone -- that doesn't mean I should have any expectation of privacy when in a public space. @atk, if you are regularly dealing with confidential information where a glance when someone comes in to ask you a question would be a serious issue for the company, then you should have an office, a door, or a privacy screen (and the company will happily provide it). If it is the rare single e-mail, you can quickly alt-tab or start+D (or do it at a time unlikely to be disturbed). | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 20:01 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | "There is no expectation of privacy concerning what is on your screen." Does that mean you should feel free to walk around and reading what's on your co-workers' screens? | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 15:51 | comment | added | atk | What about stuff not covered by regulations but which need to remain private? Notification to a manager that there's going to be a layoff but don't share it yet. Coding something for a new, secret product that isn't public lnowledge within the company. Information about wmploees' pay rates. Private encryption keys for code signing. Typing in a password to a password field. You don't have an expectation of privacy from the overall company, but you do have such expectation from other unauthorized employees when dealing with restricted info. | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 14:31 | comment | added | happybuddha | I agree. Any ideas on what I can do about my situation other than closing the screen all the time ? | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 14:16 | history | answered | HLGEM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |