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Breaking News - for those who are employees

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    Breaking News - for those who are employees

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    The European court of human rights has ruled that a man, whose employer read the personal messages he sent using a work account, did have his right to a private life breached.

    Judges in the grand chamber sided with the Romanian, who claimed his right to a private life was not properly upheld by the country’s courts. He said they were breached when his employer checked up on chat logs from his professional Yahoo Messenger account that included both his personal and private communications.
    An employer “cannot reduce private social life in the workplace to zero. Respect for private life and for the privacy of correspondence continues to exist, even if these may be restricted in so far as necessary”, a statement said.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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    Oh and this is the most interesting part of the story -

    The reporting of the January ruling by some news outlets led to criticism from the Council of Europe, which oversees the European court. Elements of the British press in particular were accused of whipping up a “misinformed media storm” by producing “inaccurate scare stories”.

    A spokesman for the body said: “Certain parts of the UK media sometimes have trouble getting their facts right when covering ‘Europe’. It’s understandable, to a certain extent. Europe’s institutions are complicated, journalists cover lots of different issues and they work to tight deadlines.”
    (My bold)
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      Here at clientco (US company Dublin Office) we can’t see our German colleagues Lync status/presence as it’s deemed spying on an employee in Germany.

      They even freak out when I try and WebEx them...

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        #4
        Originally posted by stek View Post
        They even freak out when I try and WebEx them...
        You weren't sharing scat porn to try and make friends again were you?

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          #5
          Originally posted by stek View Post
          Here at clientco (US company Dublin Office) we can’t see our German colleagues Lync status/presence as it’s deemed spying on an employee in Germany.

          They even freak out when I try and WebEx them...
          With Lync you can change your status so you can put you are away or busy when you aren't.
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            #6
            Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
            With Lync you can change your status so you can put you are away or busy when you aren't.
            New version of skype has lost that ability.

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              #7
              Originally posted by stek View Post
              Here at clientco (US company Dublin Office) we can’t see our German colleagues Lync status/presence as it’s deemed spying on an employee in Germany.

              They even freak out when I try and WebEx them...
              aww bless...
              Have they not seen this? https://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com...th-powershell/
              See You Next Tuesday

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                #8
                Originally posted by woohoo View Post
                New version of skype has lost that ability.
                errrrr..... Just add a meeting in your calendar.

                and "Appear Away" is an option on 2016 client.....
                See You Next Tuesday

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
                  You weren't sharing scat porn to try and make friends again were you?
                  With friends like him, who needs enemas?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Lance View Post
                    errrrr..... Just add a meeting in your calendar.

                    and "Appear Away" is an option on 2016 client.....
                    No need to setup meeting even, you can just pick the status like in Lync, so not sure what woohoo is rambling about.

                    Not sure how it all plays out with employment contract clauses stating that all company provided accounts activity is monitored for security reasons etc.

                    Anyway, not being able to decouple personal life during work is one thing. Use the company provided e-mail/chat is beyond lazy/stupid.

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