Invasive tracking and privacy in workplace?

[Addvilz]

IMO there should be a section on privacy in the workplace with questions about what monitoring or contrary - privacy-preserving implements there are in the organization.

Ex. are devices actively monitored (screenshots, keyloggers), can workers be filmed, taken photos of and under what conditions? Something along these lines?

[viraptor]

A bit worried about adding this question here in case specifics cannot be answered in the interview, or the interviewer does not understand the full details of what a managed device actually means.
I'd rather people relied on "I don't own the work hardware/software - it can do anything legally allowed and it can change without notification".
But maybe I'm wrong and there are some good questions that can be asked? I'm happy to look at specific cases.

[Addvilz]

Old issue is old. Nevertheless.

I'd rather people relied on "I don't own the work hardware/software - it can do anything legally allowed and it can change without notification".

... unless you are working remotely and are using your own hardware/software. Happens apparently quite often within development and services agencies. Stories about employers asking employees to install their monitoring software on mobile and other devices is not something unheard of - which might or might not be legal depending on where you are.

I guess the question should be more about, okay, what is the policy the company has regarding monitoring of user data both on hardware owned by the company and private hardware that one might bring into workplace, like a mobile phone. Something along these lines.

Sort of relevant - https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7806efd8-5be7-46fa-8962-4f51b808aa1c

[amyliumaiyi]

are devices actively monitored (screenshots, keyloggers), can workers be filmed, taken photos of and under what conditions? Something along these lines?

are there many occurrences of this? is it a 1 in 100 company problem, or a 1 in 10?

[Addvilz]

@amyliumaiyi depends, industry, location, job function. Not uncommon, that is for certain.