What information is protected under the personnel privacy act?
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Hi you may try this webpage on the privacy act protection. \n\nGood luck\n\nPedro R.
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That information is not public.
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A recruiter cannot run a stand or do a recruitment drive without the permission of the store owner.  However, if they get questioned by a someone in the store then they can give any information they have and they do not have to have permission for that.
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No.  Some information on court files are not public information.  Address of a person that requested and received an order of protection/injuction against harassment.  Social security numbers of the defendants and plaintiffs in cases.
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No -- that information is protected by various Privacy Acts.
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because you typed it wrong, click on the link below. It is a Notice of Privacy Practices or NPP
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Overview\n\nIn many ways electronic privacy and corporate rights in the workplace are related and dissimilar.  A person’s privacy should extend throughout his or her life, from the privacy of his or her home to the professional environment of the workplace.  Privacy involves the right to exercise control over your personal information.  Privacy protection imposes restrictions on the collection, storage, use, and dissemination of personal information.  Electronic or “new surveillance” is more extensive, decentralized, involuntary, and invisible.  Electronic privacy is posed largely as a problem on the Internet.  Expectations of privacy in the workplace may not be the same as elsewhere.  Employees are not necessarily entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace, particularly in the context of nonoccupational activities. \nEase of Surveillance Today\n\nPowerful computers and high-speed networks simplify the electronic monitoring and tracking of people’s activities.\n·        Computers have removed the ability for individuals to control the ways personal information is used\n·        A gradual erosion of privacy has begun to evolve and effects of the “little brother” is taking over electronic interactions\nElectronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)\n\nEPIC is a public interest research group that advances civil liberties in the electronic age\n\nEPIC Model Privacy Code for the National Information Infrastructure:\n·        The confidentiality of electronic communications should be protected\n·        Privacy considerations must be recognized explicitly in the provision, use, and regulation of telecommunications services\n·        The collection of personal data for telecommunications services should be limited to the extent necessary to provide the service\n·        Service providers should not disclose information without the explicit consent of service users\n·          Service providers should be required to make known their data collection practices to service users\n·           Users should not be required to pay for routine privacy protection\n·        Additional costs for privacy should be imposed only for extraordinary protection\n·        Service providers should be encouraged to explore technical means to protect privacy\n·        Appropriate security policies should be developed to protect network communications\n·        A mechanism should be established to ensure the observance of these principles\nInternet\n\nRules of conduct now found in legislation will not be sufficient to protect privacy.  Microsoft, the giant software company stunned the business world when it announced that it would not sell data about customers to MSN.  From internet interactions, privacy policies will be heavily discussed and new privacy policies will emerge.\n·        The existing Internet builds upon existing communications networks\n·        Computers sift through names, addresses, and telephone numbers provided by company sponsors to generate lists for businesses and marketing efforts\n·        New policies will extend the privacy laws that are already in existence in other countries\nOnline Networks\n\nOnline privacy is currently a heated topic.  Interest in privacy and other consumer issues in cyberspace have become very important topics.  Consumer education is essential to protection consumer privacy in online environments.  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will address the following issues for online networks:\n·        Consumer expectations for their personal and transactional information\n·        Consumer control over personal and transactional information\n·        Appropriate users of consumer information, including transactional and personality profile information by online service providers and content providers\n·        Consumer consent requirements\n·        Access and correction opportunities for personal information on the nets\nWorkplace Privacy\n\nPrivacy in the wor
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It is SUPPOSED to be protected.  There are confidentiality rules that prohibit doctors, insurance companies, and so forth from telling employers or anyone else about the medical conditions the employees are being treated for.\n\nBut even if the docs and the insurers don't tell, the employer might still find out.  If she has told you, she might have told someone else as well.  That person might mention something in casual conversation ("Isn't it too bad about Jennifer?   I wonder if her boyfriend knows?  I sure wouldn't want to have to tell *my* boyfriend that I am HIV positive.")  Word gets around after a while, and she had better be prepared to keep her secret completely or there is a good chance it will get out.  After all, how many official government secrets get leaked one way or another?  It happens every week.\n\nBottom line: she is safe from official disclosure, but that is not the same as being completely safe from accidental disclosure.\n\nGood luck to her and to you!!
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The lawyer was correct there is nothing in the Privacy Act to do anything about it.  There may be other courses of action to take if the person getting fired feels they are being fired because of discrimination.  Another course of action can be to go to the bosses boss.  In most companies management is required to sign confidentiality agreements. (i.e. They are not to disclose anything that happens at work with people who are not employed by the company.) These are used mostly to prevent company secrets from leaking to competitors. If the person who leaked the information to the non employed person has signed one or if there is a company confidentiality policy and letter to the right person might get the leaker fired.
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Not really. All that you can do is ensure that there is nothing publicly available for your employer to discover. For example, be very aware that if you have a Blog, post on popular message boards, or have ever used the Usenet, that your employer can, and likely will read what you've posted there.\n\nAs someone who has hired others, you'd be surprised at what personal stuff people actually encourage you to look at. I had one person who sent in her "Gothic Fetish" website as an example for the position of writing for a children's magazine.\n\nNote that your private information is basically off limits to an employer, and that your employer can not choose not to hire you due to age, gender, race or religion.
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Under ERISA and HIPAA, employers are considered "covered entities" and must follow the HIPAA Privacy Rules.  One of these rules is that any covered entity having access to protected health information (PHI) may only receive information on a "need to know" basis.  For instance, employers may request a report from an insurer regarding claim statistics, including diagnoses, in order to substantiate rate increases; HOWEVER, this data may not contain "personally identifiable" information, that is, the employee's name coupled with the diagnosis.\n\nEmployers collecting health questionaires have no "need to know" the information disclosed by the applicants.  Therefore, the PHI contained in the applications must be protected.  To accomplish this, most insurers provide a sealable envelope to applicants, into which the application is placed.  The envelope is then given to the employer, who sends the envelopes to the insurer unopened.  If you weren't given an envelope to protect your privacy, you can certainly use your own.  It should be marked with your name, employee ID number (if any) and the words "CONTAINS PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION."  This puts your employer on notice that the envelope mustn't be opened.\n\nI hope this helps.  Let me know if I can provide further information.
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corrections do not violate right of privacy and won't reveal info
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No, they can't give out personal info - Data Protection Act.  What a nice person you must be!
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IwannaKnow gave you a pretty good answer, but there are also some forms at ING that you might want to check out:\n\nhttp://home.ingdirect.com/privacy/privacy.asp?s=FinancialWorksheets
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If you mean after you gave it to them NEVER.  All personal information should be confidential.  The only time they will give it out is collect a debt.  Some companies sell your name and address to companies for spam, junk mail or direct mailings specifially for people that fit certain profiles.  Nothing justifies SSN except collections.
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There are none.  You work at your employer's property, using their property.  They can monitor your emails, web surfing, calls, visitors.  In most states, they can video or audio tape you without notifying you first.\n\nUnfortunately, big brother may not be the government, but he is your employer.
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sounds like invasion of privacy to me. boss ever heard of civil rights?